rs367843558

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points: 0P and 5B. BP6BS2

The NM_144997.7(FLCN):​c.653G>A​(p.Arg218His) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000867 in 1,614,192 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R218L) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000082 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

FLCN
NM_144997.7 missense

Scores

4
10
5

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:1B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.09

Publications

3 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
FLCN (HGNC:27310): (folliculin) This gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. Mutations in this gene are associated with Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, which is characterized by fibrofolliculomas, renal tumors, lung cysts, and pneumothorax. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
FLCN Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen
  • Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P, Ambry Genetics
  • familial spontaneous pneumothorax
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, Ambry Genetics
  • renal carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • colorectal cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points.

BP6
Variant 17-17222627-C-T is Benign according to our data. Variant chr17-17222627-C-T is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 409381.
BS2
High AC in GnomAdExome4 at 12 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
FLCNNM_144997.7 linkc.653G>A p.Arg218His missense_variant Exon 7 of 14 ENST00000285071.9 NP_659434.2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
FLCNENST00000285071.9 linkc.653G>A p.Arg218His missense_variant Exon 7 of 14 1 NM_144997.7 ENSP00000285071.4
ENSG00000264187ENST00000427497.3 linkn.149-3573G>A intron_variant Intron 4 of 11 1 ENSP00000394249.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152180
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
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:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000795
AC:
2
AN:
251434
AF XY:
0.0000147
show subpopulations
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 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00000879
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000821
AC:
12
AN:
1461894
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00000688
AC XY:
5
AN XY:
727248
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000597
AC:
2
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26136
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000348
AC:
3
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53420
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000450
AC:
5
AN:
1112012
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000331
AC:
2
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.483
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
3
4
6
7
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
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10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152298
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000269
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
74486
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000241
AC:
1
AN:
41556
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15290
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5182
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4830
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10622
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000147
AC:
1
AN:
68028
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2114
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000378
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.000227
AC:
1
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ExAC
AF:
0.00000824
AC:
1
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000289
AC:
1
AN:
3478

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1Benign:1
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome Uncertain:1
Nov 30, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 218 of the FLCN protein (p.Arg218His). This variant is present in population databases (rs367843558, gnomAD 0.003%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome that also carried a different Pathogenic variant in FLCN (PMID: 35221599). This variant is also known as p.Arg258His. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 409381). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt FLCN protein function with a negative predictive value of 80%. 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Benign:1
May 22, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.76
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.18
D
BayesDel_noAF
Uncertain
0.12
CADD
Uncertain
25
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.77
D;.
Eigen
Uncertain
0.52
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.59
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.87
D;D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.12
D
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.67
D;D
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.42
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.81
L;L
PhyloP100
7.1
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.82
D
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.9
N;D
REVEL
Uncertain
0.60
Sift
Benign
0.15
T;T
Sift4G
Benign
0.18
T;T
Polyphen
0.81
P;D
Vest4
0.79
MVP
0.46
MPC
0.77
ClinPred
0.73
D
GERP RS
5.7
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.92
RBP_regulation_power_radar
2.6
Varity_R
0.37
gMVP
0.50
Mutation Taster
=47/53
disease causing

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: rs367843558; hg19: chr17-17125941; COSMIC: COSV53259366; COSMIC: COSV53259366; API