rs1555917019

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM2PP3_Moderate

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.857T>C​(p.Ile286Thr) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000284 in 1,408,030 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic 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. I286F) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000028 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 missense

Scores

7
7
4

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.79

Publications

1 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
CHEK2 (HGNC:16627): (checkpoint kinase 2) In response to DNA damage and replication blocks, cell cycle progression is halted through the control of critical cell cycle regulators. The protein encoded by this gene is a cell cycle checkpoint regulator and putative tumor suppressor. It contains a forkhead-associated protein interaction domain essential for activation in response to DNA damage and is rapidly phosphorylated in response to replication blocks and DNA damage. When activated, the encoded protein is known to inhibit CDC25C phosphatase, preventing entry into mitosis, and has been shown to stabilize the tumor suppressor protein p53, leading to cell cycle arrest in G1. In addition, this protein interacts with and phosphorylates BRCA1, allowing BRCA1 to restore survival after DNA damage. Mutations in this gene have been linked with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a highly penetrant familial cancer phenotype usually associated with inherited mutations in TP53. Also, mutations in this gene are thought to confer a predisposition to sarcomas, breast cancer, and brain tumors. This nuclear protein is a member of the CDS1 subfamily of serine/threonine protein kinases. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]
CHEK2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • CHEK2-related cancer predisposition
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
  • hereditary breast carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
  • acute myeloid leukemia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
  • familial ovarian cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.89

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_007194.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
CHEK2
NM_007194.4
MANE Select
c.857T>Cp.Ile286Thr
missense
Exon 8 of 15NP_009125.1
CHEK2
NM_001005735.3
c.986T>Cp.Ile329Thr
missense
Exon 9 of 16NP_001005735.1
CHEK2
NM_001438293.1
c.950T>Cp.Ile317Thr
missense
Exon 9 of 16NP_001425222.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
CHEK2
ENST00000404276.6
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.857T>Cp.Ile286Thr
missense
Exon 8 of 15ENSP00000385747.1
CHEK2
ENST00000382580.6
TSL:1
c.986T>Cp.Ile329Thr
missense
Exon 9 of 16ENSP00000372023.2
CHEK2
ENST00000402731.6
TSL:1
c.656T>Cp.Ile219Thr
missense
Exon 6 of 13ENSP00000384835.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
31
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000284
AC:
4
AN:
1408030
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
25
AF XY:
0.00000428
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
701180
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
32510
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41876
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25454
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39368
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
83244
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
52382
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5694
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000374
AC:
4
AN:
1068954
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
58548
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.450
Heterozygous variant carriers
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0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
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GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
31

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:4
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:2
Jan 18, 2019
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Jul 25, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.I286T variant (also known as c.857T>C), located in coding exon 7 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a T to C substitution at nucleotide position 857. The isoleucine at codon 286 is replaced by threonine, an amino acid with similar properties. In one study, this alteration was observed in 1/12,490 male controls and not detected in 7,051 unselected female breast cancer patients, 53 male breast cancer patients or 11,241 female controls of Japanese ancestry (Momozawa Y et al. Nat Commun, 2018 10;9:4083). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear.

not provided Uncertain:1
Oct 05, 2022
GeneDx
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Not observed in any breast cancer cases, but was observed in unaffected controls (Momozawa et al., 2018); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 22419737, 19782031, 30287823)

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:1
Nov 10, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces isoleucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with threonine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 286 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Ile286Thr). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with CHEK2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 489884). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. 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 v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.93
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.34
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.26
CADD
Pathogenic
27
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.35
T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.39
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.47
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.97
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.95
D
M_CAP
Benign
0.076
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.89
D
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.70
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
2.0
M
PhyloP100
6.8
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.77
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-4.6
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.68
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0020
D
Polyphen
0.99
D
Vest4
0.95
MutPred
0.77
Loss of stability (P = 0.0166)
MVP
0.76
MPC
0.16
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
5.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.88
gMVP
0.66
Mutation Taster
=29/71
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.080
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: rs1555917019; hg19: chr22-29099544; API