rs1554043029

Variant names:

• chr5-1294237-GC-TT
• rs1554043029
• NM_198253.3:c.648_649delGCinsAA

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points: 0P and 0B.

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.648_649delGCinsAA​(p.Pro217Thr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. It is difficult to determine the true allele frequency of this variant because it is of type MNV, and the frequency of such variant types in population databases may be underestimated and unreliable. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. L216L) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.217
• Publications: 0 publications found

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: PanelApp Australia, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2

  Inheritance: Unknown, SD, AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia
• acute myeloid leukemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• 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: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points.

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

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TERT	NM_198253.3	MANE Select	c.648_649delGCinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense	N/A	NP_937983.2	O14746-1
	TERT	NM_001193376.3		c.648_649delGCinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense	N/A	NP_001180305.1	O14746-3
	TERT	NR_149162.3		n.727_728delGCinsAA		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TERT	ENST00000310581.10	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.648_649delGCinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense	N/A	ENSP00000309572.5	O14746-1
	TERT	ENST00000334602.10	TSL:1	c.648_649delGCinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense	N/A	ENSP00000334346.6	O14746-3
	TERT	ENST00000460137.6	TSL:1	n.648_649delGCinsAA		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 13	ENSP00000425003.1	O14746-4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 34

We have no GnomAD4 exomes data on this position. Probably position not covered by the project.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 34

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Uncertain significance

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
-	1	-	Dyskeratosis congenita (1)
-	1	-	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 (1)
-	1	-	not specified (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		-0.22

Splicing

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554043029; hg19: chr5-1294352;