chr5-1268525-C-G

Position:

• chr5-1268525-C-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -6 ACMG points: 3P and 9B. PM2 PP3 BP6_Very_Strong BP7

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.2577G>C​(p.Arg859=) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000205 in 1,461,038 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Likely benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.251

Genes affected

TERT (HGNC:11730): (telomerase reverse transcriptase) Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -6 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: BayesDel_noAF computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.29
• BP6: Variant 5-1268525-C-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1268525-C-G is described in ClinVar as [Likely_benign]. Clinvar id is 539271.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• BP7: Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=0.251 with no splicing effect.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.2577G>C	p.Arg859=	synonymous_variant	9/16	ENST00000310581.10	NP_937983.2
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.2577G>C	p.Arg859=	synonymous_variant	9/15		NP_001180305.1
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.2474G>C		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	7/13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.2438G>C		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	7/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.2577G>C	p.Arg859=	synonymous_variant	9/16	1	NM_198253.3	ENSP00000309572	P2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000205 AC: 3 AN: 1461038 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 30 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 726778

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000270

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Likely benign

Submissions summary: Benign:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Sep 20, 2023

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Dyskeratosis congenita Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Oct 13, 2019

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.29
CADD	Benign	0.86
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.1

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554039723; hg19: chr5-1268640;