rs1060502990

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1PM2

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.336delC​(p.Glu113ArgfsTer15) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000021 in 1,426,842 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. P112P) has been classified as Likely benign. Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 frameshift

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -1.24

Publications

6 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: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_198253.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
TERT
NM_198253.3
MANE Select
c.336delCp.Glu113ArgfsTer15
frameshift
Exon 2 of 16NP_937983.2
TERT
NM_001193376.3
c.336delCp.Glu113ArgfsTer15
frameshift
Exon 2 of 15NP_001180305.1
TERT
NR_149162.3
n.415delC
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
TERT
ENST00000310581.10
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.336delCp.Glu113ArgfsTer15
frameshift
Exon 2 of 16ENSP00000309572.5
TERT
ENST00000334602.10
TSL:1
c.336delCp.Glu113ArgfsTer15
frameshift
Exon 2 of 15ENSP00000334346.6
TERT
ENST00000460137.6
TSL:1
n.336delC
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 2 of 13ENSP00000425003.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
34
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000271
AC:
5
AN:
184440
AF XY:
0.0000194
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000102
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.000122
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000376
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000210
AC:
3
AN:
1426842
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000141
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
708412
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
32938
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
42370
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25624
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
38738
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
83728
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.0000278
AC:
1
AN:
35980
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5602
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000181
AC:
2
AN:
1102496
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
59366
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.225
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
2
3
4
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
34

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions as Germline

Significance:Uncertain significance
Revision:criteria provided, single submitter
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
-
1
-
not provided (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
PhyloP100
-1.2
Mutation Taster
=1/199
disease causing (fs/PTC)

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: rs1060502990; hg19: chr5-1294664; COSMIC: COSV57215630; COSMIC: COSV57215630; API