rs35837567

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points: 2P and 6B. PM2BP4_StrongBP6BP7

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.663G>T(p.Ala221=) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000017 in 1,584,768 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A221A) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000033 ( 0 hom., cov: 34)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000015 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 synonymous

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:2B:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: -2.02

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 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.68).

BP6

Variant 5-1294223-C-A is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1294223-C-A is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 350803.We mark this variant Likely_benign, oryginal submissions are: {Likely_benign=2, Uncertain_significance=2, Benign=1}.

BP7

Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-2.02 with no splicing effect.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE
TERT	NM_198253.3 linkuse as main transcript	c.663G>T	p.Ala221=	synonymous_variant	2/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3 linkuse as main transcript	c.663G>T	p.Ala221=	synonymous_variant	2/15
TERT	NR_149162.3 linkuse as main transcript	n.742G>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	2/13
TERT	NR_149163.3 linkuse as main transcript	n.742G>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	2/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10 linkuse as main transcript	c.663G>T	p.Ala221=	synonymous_variant	2/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2	O14746-1
TERT	ENST00000334602.10 linkuse as main transcript	c.663G>T	p.Ala221=	synonymous_variant	2/15	1		A2	O14746-3
TERT	ENST00000460137.6 linkuse as main transcript	c.663G>T	p.Ala221=	synonymous_variant, NMD_transcript_variant	2/13	1			O14746-4
TERT	ENST00000656021.1 linkuse as main transcript	c.663G>T	p.Ala221=	synonymous_variant, NMD_transcript_variant	2/17

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000328

AC:

AN:

152226

Hom.:

Cov.:

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Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000735

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD3 exomes

AF:

0.0000103

AC:

AN:

193906

Hom.:

AF XY:

0.0000184

AC XY:

AN XY:

108610

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Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000240

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000154

AC:

AN:

1432542

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000211

AC XY:

AN XY:

711950

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Gnomad4 AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome

AF:

0.0000231

Gnomad4 ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome

AF:

0.0000253

Gnomad4 NFE exome

AF:

0.0000172

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.0000168

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000328

AC:

AN:

152226

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000403

AC XY:

AN XY:

74376

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Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.0000735

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.00

Alfa

AF:

0.000162

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000340

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2Benign:3

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Aplastic anemia

Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Jan 12, 2018

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease. -

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2

Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Jan 12, 2018

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

Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Dec 22, 2023

- -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome;C0265965:Dyskeratosis congenita

Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Jun 01, 2022

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1

Benign:1

Benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Jan 12, 2018

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score and internal cut-off values, a variant classified as benign is not then subjected to further curation. The score for this variant resulted in a classification of benign for this disease. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.68

Cadd

Benign

1.2

Dann

Benign

0.47

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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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