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rs1060503006

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 1 ACMG points: 2P and 1B. PM2BP4

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.159G>C(p.Gln53His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000196 in 1,480,678 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. Q53Q) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000079 ( 1 hom., cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000013 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 missense

Scores

2
8
9

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: -1.45
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]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 1 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.34608448).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.159G>C p.Gln53His missense_variant 1/16 ENST00000310581.10
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.159G>C p.Gln53His missense_variant 1/15
TERTNR_149162.3 linkuse as main transcriptn.238G>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkuse as main transcriptn.238G>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkuse as main transcriptc.159G>C p.Gln53His missense_variant 1/161 NM_198253.3 P2O14746-1
TERTENST00000334602.10 linkuse as main transcriptc.159G>C p.Gln53His missense_variant 1/151 A2O14746-3
TERTENST00000460137.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.159G>C p.Gln53His missense_variant, NMD_transcript_variant 1/131 O14746-4
TERTENST00000656021.1 linkuse as main transcriptc.159G>C p.Gln53His missense_variant, NMD_transcript_variant 1/17

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000789
AC:
12
AN:
152130
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
34
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000786
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.000121
AC:
10
AN:
82348
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.000129
AC XY:
6
AN XY:
46574
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.000598
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000128
AC:
17
AN:
1328440
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.0000138
AC XY:
9
AN XY:
654166
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.000616
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:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000788
AC:
12
AN:
152238
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.000121
AC XY:
9
AN XY:
74438
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.000785
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Bravo
AF:
0.0000453

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:4
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeSep 26, 2022This sequence change replaces glutamine, which is neutral and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 53 of the TERT protein (p.Gln53His). This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.05%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 410683). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated. 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. -
Aplastic anemia;C0023467:Acute myeloid leukemia;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2;C3553617:Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1;C3554574:Melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9;C4551974:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 1;C5561926:Interstitial lung disease 2 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingFulgent Genetics, Fulgent GeneticsOct 31, 2018- -
Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingBaylor GeneticsMay 02, 2023- -
not provided Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGeneDxNov 15, 2022In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Uncertain
0.36
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.17
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.14
Cadd
Benign
21
Dann
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.52
D;.
Eigen
Benign
-0.087
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.23
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.019
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.65
T;T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.35
T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.070
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.5
M;M
MutationTaster
Benign
0.92
N;N;N;N
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.94
D
PROVEAN
Benign
-2.3
N;N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.50
Sift
Uncertain
0.027
D;D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0040
D;D
Polyphen
0.99
D;D
Vest4
0.13
MutPred
0.44
Loss of stability (P = 0.0728);Loss of stability (P = 0.0728);
MVP
0.84
MPC
1.3
ClinPred
0.10
T
GERP RS
2.0
Varity_R
0.10
gMVP
0.56

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.020
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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1060503006; hg19: chr5-1294946; COSMIC: COSV57226902; API