rs1228165704

Variant summary

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

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.1954G>T​(p.Glu652*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000215 in 1,396,800 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar. Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. E652E) has been classified as Likely benign. Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 stop_gained

Scores

2
1
4

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.295

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: 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;

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkc.1954G>T p.Glu652* stop_gained Exon 5 of 16 ENST00000310581.10 NP_937983.2
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkc.1954G>T p.Glu652* stop_gained Exon 5 of 15 NP_001180305.1
TERTNR_149162.3 linkn.2033G>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 5 of 13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkn.2033G>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 5 of 13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkc.1954G>T p.Glu652* stop_gained Exon 5 of 16 1 NM_198253.3 ENSP00000309572.5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000215
AC:
3
AN:
1396800
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
689010
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000317
AC:
1
AN:
31590
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35794
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25176
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35808
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
79168
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
47914
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4200
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000185
AC:
2
AN:
1079304
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
57846
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.0245704), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.358
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Allele balance

Age Distribution

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GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.63
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.28
CADD
Pathogenic
35
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
Eigen
Benign
0.13
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.22
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.034
N
PhyloP100
0.29
Vest4
0.93
GERP RS
2.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.1
Mutation Taster
=3/197
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: rs1228165704; hg19: chr5-1279582; API