rs35719940

chr5-1254479-C-Achr5-1254479-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points: 4P and 4B. PM1 PM2 BP4_Strong

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.3184G>T(p.Ala1062Ser) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/21 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. A1062T) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -3.62

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]

(HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 12 uncertain in NM_198253.3
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.038835645).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.3184G>T	p.Ala1062Ser	missense_variant	15/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.2995G>T	p.Ala999Ser	missense_variant	14/15
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.2892G>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	12/13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.2856G>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	12/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.3184G>T	p.Ala1062Ser	missense_variant	15/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2
	ENST00000666708.1	n.289-195C>A		intron_variant, non_coding_transcript_variant

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

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

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Aug 30, 2021

This sequence change replaces alanine with serine at codon 1062 of the TERT protein (p.Ala1062Ser). The alanine residue is weakly conserved and there is a moderate physicochemical difference between alanine and serine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Tolerated"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0". The serine 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

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.077
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.14	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.44
Cadd	Benign	0.0010
Dann	Benign	0.21
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.32	T;.
Eigen	Benign	-2.1
Eigen_PC	Benign	-2.2
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.0020	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.27	T;T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.33	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.039	T;T
MetaSVM	Uncertain	-0.23	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	-0.91	N;.
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	N;N;N
PrimateAI	Benign	0.27	T
PROVEAN	Benign	0.77	N;N
REVEL	Benign	0.21
Sift	Benign	1.0	T;T
Sift4G	Benign	1.0	T;T
Polyphen		0.011	B;B
Vest4		0.044
MutPred		0.19		Loss of catalytic residue at A1062 (P = 0.0097);.;
MVP		0.63
MPC		0.95
ClinPred		0.035	T
GERP RS		-8.6
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.1
Varity_R		0.11
gMVP		0.046

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs35719940; hg19: chr5-1254594;