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rs542440625

Variant summary

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

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.2886C>T(p.Arg962=) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000291 in 1,614,186 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).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000033 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000029 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 synonymous

Scores

2

Clinical Significance

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

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.692
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]

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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=-0.86).
BP6
Variant 5-1260558-G-A is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1260558-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 350593.We mark this variant Likely_benign, oryginal submissions are: {Benign=1, Likely_benign=2, Uncertain_significance=2}.
BP7
Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-0.692 with no splicing effect.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.2886C>T p.Arg962= synonymous_variant 12/16 ENST00000310581.10
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.2697C>T p.Arg899= synonymous_variant 11/15
TERTNR_149162.3 linkuse as main transcriptn.2594C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 9/13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkuse as main transcriptn.2558C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 9/13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkuse as main transcriptc.2886C>T p.Arg962= synonymous_variant 12/161 NM_198253.3 P2O14746-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000328
AC:
5
AN:
152228
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000654
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.000385
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.000207
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000401
AC:
10
AN:
249560
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000369
AC XY:
5
AN XY:
135402
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000129
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.000111
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.000131
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000177
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000287
AC:
42
AN:
1461840
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000371
AC XY:
27
AN XY:
727222
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.000119
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000224
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.0000756
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.0000927
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000225
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000166
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000328
AC:
5
AN:
152346
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000403
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
74504
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.0000653
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.000386
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.000207
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Bravo
AF:
0.0000189
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000289
AC:
1
AN:
3478
EpiCase
AF:
0.0000545
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

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 submitterclinical testingIllumina Laboratory Services, IlluminaJan 12, 2018This 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 submitterclinical testingIllumina Laboratory Services, IlluminaJan 12, 2018This 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. -
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Benign:1
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeJan 29, 2024- -
Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome;C0265965:Dyskeratosis congenita Benign:1
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAmbry GeneticsFeb 18, 2022This 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 submitterclinical testingIllumina Laboratory Services, IlluminaJan 12, 2018This 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
-0.86
Cadd
Benign
7.5
Dann
Benign
0.38

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.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs542440625; hg19: chr5-1260673; COSMIC: COSV104395509; COSMIC: COSV104395509; API