chr5-1294105-T-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points: 2P and 1B. PM2BP4

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.781A>T​(p.Arg261Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000697 in 1,434,464 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R261S) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 7.0e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 missense

Scores

1
8
10

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: -1.34

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
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]
TERT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
  • dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2
    Inheritance: AR, AD, SD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
  • acute myeloid leukemia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • dyskeratosis congenita
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.35437533).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkc.781A>T p.Arg261Trp missense_variant Exon 2 of 16 ENST00000310581.10 NP_937983.2 O14746-1
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkc.781A>T p.Arg261Trp missense_variant Exon 2 of 15 NP_001180305.1 O14746-3
TERTNR_149162.3 linkn.860A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkn.860A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkc.781A>T p.Arg261Trp missense_variant Exon 2 of 16 1 NM_198253.3 ENSP00000309572.5 O14746-1
TERTENST00000334602.10 linkc.781A>T p.Arg261Trp missense_variant Exon 2 of 15 1 ENSP00000334346.6 O14746-3
TERTENST00000460137.6 linkn.781A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13 1 ENSP00000425003.1 O14746-4
TERTENST00000656021.1 linkn.781A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 17 ENSP00000499759.1 A0A590UK92

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
34
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
6.97e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1434464
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000140
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
712270
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
32762
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
42134
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25738
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
37852
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000120
AC:
1
AN:
83238
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
46634
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5746
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1100970
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
59390
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.525
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
34
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:2
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1
Sep 27, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt TERT protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 539215). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 261 of the TERT protein (p.Arg261Trp). -

Dyskeratosis congenita Uncertain:1
Feb 07, 2022
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.R261W variant (also known as c.781A>T), located in coding exon 2 of the TERT gene, results from an A to T substitution at nucleotide position 781. The arginine at codon 261 is replaced by tryptophan, an amino acid with dissimilar properties. This amino acid position is conserved. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.11
BayesDel_addAF
Uncertain
0.048
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.17
CADD
Benign
16
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.64
D;.
Eigen
Benign
-0.39
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.56
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.081
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.85
T;T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.73
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.35
T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.35
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.90
L;L
PhyloP100
-1.3
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.62
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-2.8
D;D
REVEL
Benign
0.29
Sift
Uncertain
0.0060
D;D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.026
D;D
Polyphen
0.99
D;D
Vest4
0.18
MVP
0.51
MPC
1.9
ClinPred
0.87
D
GERP RS
3.2
Varity_R
0.13
gMVP
0.49
Mutation Taster
=85/15
polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554042983; hg19: chr5-1294220; API