rs1554043151

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.142C>T​(p.Arg48Cys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000383 in 1,307,140 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. 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. R48H) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000038 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 missense

Scores

10
4
5

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.961

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: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

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.142C>T p.Arg48Cys missense_variant Exon 1 of 16 ENST00000310581.10 NP_937983.2 O14746-1
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkc.142C>T p.Arg48Cys missense_variant Exon 1 of 15 NP_001180305.1 O14746-3
TERTNR_149162.3 linkn.221C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 1 of 13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkn.221C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 1 of 13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkc.142C>T p.Arg48Cys missense_variant Exon 1 of 16 1 NM_198253.3 ENSP00000309572.5 O14746-1
TERTENST00000334602.10 linkc.142C>T p.Arg48Cys missense_variant Exon 1 of 15 1 ENSP00000334346.6 O14746-3
TERTENST00000460137.6 linkn.142C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 1 of 13 1 ENSP00000425003.1 O14746-4
TERTENST00000656021.1 linkn.142C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 1 of 17 ENSP00000499759.1 A0A590UK92

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
34
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000383
AC:
5
AN:
1307140
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.00000156
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
642984
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25876
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
23612
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
21778
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
29840
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
69226
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
32448
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3832
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000478
AC:
5
AN:
1046390
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
54138
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.585
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
34

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1
Apr 24, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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. Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt TERT protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1431056). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 48 of the TERT protein (p.Arg48Cys). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.21
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.28
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.17
CADD
Benign
23
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.82
D;.
Eigen
Uncertain
0.41
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.31
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.22
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.83
T;T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.50
T;T
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.97
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.7
L;L
PhyloP100
0.96
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.94
D
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-4.4
D;D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.72
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0010
D;D
Polyphen
1.0
D;D
Vest4
0.10
MutPred
0.53
Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0053);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0053);
MVP
0.96
MPC
1.8
ClinPred
0.98
D
GERP RS
3.9
PromoterAI
0.011
Neutral
Varity_R
0.41
gMVP
0.56
Mutation Taster
=52/48
polymorphism

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: rs1554043151; hg19: chr5-1294963; COSMIC: COSV57240299; API