rs62331332

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. 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. 15/22 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

Scores

1
3
15

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.705

Publications

6 publications found
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 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
  • dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2
    Inheritance: AR, AD, SD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
  • acute myeloid leukemia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • dyskeratosis congenita
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.22050774).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkc.3101G>A p.Arg1034His missense_variant Exon 14 of 16 ENST00000310581.10 NP_937983.2 O14746-1
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkc.2912G>A p.Arg971His missense_variant Exon 13 of 15 NP_001180305.1 O14746-3
TERTNR_149162.3 linkn.2809G>A non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 11 of 13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkn.2773G>A non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 11 of 13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkc.3101G>A p.Arg1034His missense_variant Exon 14 of 16 1 NM_198253.3 ENSP00000309572.5 O14746-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152180
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
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
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000401
AC:
1
AN:
249202
AF XY:
0.00
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:
0.00000885
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
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000299
AC:
1
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44716
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26136
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000504
AC:
2
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86254
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53412
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000450
AC:
5
AN:
1112006
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.447
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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10
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30-35
35-40
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152180
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74350
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41432
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15288
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.000288
AC:
1
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5194
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4824
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10620
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000147
AC:
1
AN:
68032
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.600
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:
0.0000712
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
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Aplastic anemia Uncertain:1
Jan 12, 2018
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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
Jul 21, 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 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). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function outputs the following: PolyPhen-2: "Benign". 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
Jan 12, 2018
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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
Jan 12, 2018
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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;.
PhyloP100
0.70
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
Mutation Taster
=92/8
polymorphism

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