rs62331332

chr5-1255343-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM2 BP4_Moderate

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.3101G>A(p.Arg1034His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000682 in 1,614,048 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 14/21 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. R1034C) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000062 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.705

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.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.22050774).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.3101G>A	p.Arg1034His	missense_variant	14/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.2912G>A	p.Arg971His	missense_variant	13/15
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.2809G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	11/13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.2773G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	11/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.3101G>A	p.Arg1034His	missense_variant	14/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2
	ENST00000666708.1	n.386C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	3/3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152180 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.000288

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

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00000401 AC: 1 AN: 249202 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 135338

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: 0.00000885

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000616 AC: 9 AN: 1461868 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000688 AC XY: 5 AN XY: 727234

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.0000299

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.0000504

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000450

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000166

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152180 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74350

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ AF: 0.000288

Gnomad4 EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE AF: 0.0000147

Gnomad4 OTH AF: 0.00

Alfa AF: 0.0000712 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000113

ExAC AF: 0.00000826 AC: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

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. -

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

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Oct 30, 2022

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 1034 of the TERT protein (p.Arg1034His). This variant is present in population databases (rs62331332, gnomAD 0.0009%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 905979). 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 histidine 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. -

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

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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.096
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.010	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.25
Cadd	Benign	15
Dann	Benign	0.92
DEOGEN2	Uncertain	0.60	D;.
Eigen	Benign	-1.2
Eigen_PC	Benign	-1.2
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.022	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.79	T;T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.35	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.22	T;T
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.13	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.3	M;.
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	N;N;N
PrimateAI	Benign	0.21	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.6	N;N
REVEL	Benign	0.20
Sift	Benign	0.11	T;T
Sift4G	Benign	0.19	T;T
Polyphen		0.21	B;B
Vest4		0.11
MutPred		0.63		Loss of catalytic residue at R1034 (P = 0.0836);.;
MVP		0.75
MPC		1.3
ClinPred		0.064	T
GERP RS		-0.72
Varity_R		0.094
gMVP		0.077

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: rs62331332; hg19: chr5-1255458; COSMIC: COSV99715636;