rs1237279460

chr4-54698392-A-Gchr4-54698392-A-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -1 ACMG points: 3P and 4B. PM2 PP2 BP4_Strong

The NM_000222.3(KIT):c.446A>G(p.Lys149Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,874 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 16/21 in silico tools predict 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. K149N) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: KIT NM_000222.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -2.25

Genes affected

KIT (HGNC:6342): (KIT proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase) This gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase. This gene was initially identified as a homolog of the feline sarcoma viral oncogene v-kit and is often referred to as proto-oncogene c-Kit. The canonical form of this glycosylated transmembrane protein has an N-terminal extracellular region with five immunoglobulin-like domains, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain at the C-terminus. Upon activation by its cytokine ligand, stem cell factor (SCF), this protein phosphorylates multiple intracellular proteins that play a role in in the proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis of many cell types and thereby plays an important role in hematopoiesis, stem cell maintenance, gametogenesis, melanogenesis, and in mast cell development, migration and function. This protein can be a membrane-bound or soluble protein. Mutations in this gene are associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumors, mast cell disease, acute myelogenous leukemia, and piebaldism. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -1 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant where missense usually causes diseases, KIT
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.03890112).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
KIT	NM_000222.3	c.446A>G	p.Lys149Arg	missense_variant	3/21	ENST00000288135.6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
KIT	ENST00000288135.6	c.446A>G	p.Lys149Arg	missense_variant	3/21	1	NM_000222.3	P4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461874 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727234

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: 8.99e-7

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

Bravo AF: 0.00000756

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Jan 30, 2024

This sequence change replaces lysine, which is basic and polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 149 of the KIT protein (p.Lys149Arg). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with KIT-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 528627). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Not Available"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Not Available". The arginine amino acid residue is found in multiple mammalian species, which suggests that this missense change does not adversely affect protein function. 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Dec 19, 2023

The p.K149R variant (also known as c.446A>G), located in coding exon 3 of the KIT gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 446. The lysine at codon 149 is replaced by arginine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This amino acid position is poorly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. 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	0.067
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.23	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.57
Cadd	Benign	0.047
Dann	Benign	0.34
Eigen	Benign	-2.1
Eigen_PC	Benign	-2.1
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.016	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.68	T;T
M_CAP	Benign	0.018	T
MetaRNN	Benign	0.039	T;T
MetaSVM	Benign	-1.0	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.71	N;N
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	N;N
PrimateAI	Benign	0.25	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.19	N;N
REVEL	Benign	0.16
Sift	Benign	0.63	T;T
Sift4G	Benign	0.61	T;T
Polyphen		0.0010	B;B
Vest4		0.091
MutPred		0.39		Loss of ubiquitination at K149 (P = 0.0224);Loss of ubiquitination at K149 (P = 0.0224);
MVP		0.49
MPC		0.36
ClinPred		0.025	T
GERP RS		-11
Varity_R		0.032
gMVP		0.80

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.040		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: rs1237279460; hg19: chr4-55564558;