rs1554043029

Positions:

• chr5-1294237-GC-TT

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.648_649delinsAA​(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. 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:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.217

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.648_649delinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense_variant	2/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.648_649delinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense_variant	2/15
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.727_728delinsAA		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	2/13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.727_728delinsAA		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	2/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.648_649delinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense_variant	2/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2
TERT	ENST00000334602.10	c.648_649delinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense_variant	2/15	1		A2
TERT	ENST00000460137.6	c.648_649delinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense_variant, NMD_transcript_variant	2/13	1
TERT	ENST00000656021.1	c.648_649delinsAA	p.Pro217Thr	missense_variant, NMD_transcript_variant	2/17

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

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago

Mar 15, 2021

DNA sequence analysis of the TERT gene demonstrated a sequence change, c.648_649delinsAA, in exon 2 that results in an amino acid change, p.Pro217Thr. This sequence change is absent from known population databses (gnomAD). The p.Pro217Thr change affects a poorly conserved amino acid residue located in a domain of the TERT protein that is not known to be functional. The p.Pro217Thr substitution appears to be benign using several in-silico pathogenicity prediction tools (SIFT, PolyPhen2, Align GVGD, REVEL). This sequence change does not appear to have been previously described in patients with TERT-related disorders. Due to the lack of sufficient evidences, the clinical significance of the p.Pro217Thr change remains unknown at this time. -

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

May 13, 2022

This sequence change replaces proline, which is neutral and non-polar, with threonine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 217 of the TERT protein (p.Pro217Thr). Information on the frequency of this variant in the gnomAD database is not available, as this variant may be reported differently in the database. 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: 539218). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Not Available"; PolyPhen-2: "Not Available"; Align-GVGD: "Not Available". The threonine 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Splicing

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554043029; hg19: chr5-1294352;