rs62625283

Variant names:

• chr16-23603602-A-C
• rs62625283
• NM_024675.4:c.3418T>G

Your query was ambiguous. Multiple possible variants found:

• chr16-23603602-A-C
• chr16-23603602-A-G
• chr16-23603602-A-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PP3_Moderate

The NM_024675.4(PALB2):​c.3418T>G​(p.Trp1140Gly) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000616 in 1,461,890 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000062 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PALB2 NM_024675.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:8
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 5.80

Genes affected

PALB2 (HGNC:26144): (partner and localizer of BRCA2) This gene encodes a protein that may function in tumor suppression. This protein binds to and colocalizes with the breast cancer 2 early onset protein (BRCA2) in nuclear foci and likely permits the stable intranuclear localization and accumulation of BRCA2. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points.

• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.872

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PALB2	NM_024675.4	c.3418T>G	p.Trp1140Gly	missense_variant	Exon 13 of 13	ENST00000261584.9	NP_078951.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PALB2	ENST00000261584.9	c.3418T>G	p.Trp1140Gly	missense_variant	Exon 13 of 13	1	NM_024675.4	ENSP00000261584.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000616 AC: 9 AN: 1461890 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 727244

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000719

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000166

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:8

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:3

Aug 08, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 1140 of the PALB2 protein (p.Trp1140Gly). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer, colon cancer and uveal melanoma (PMID: 25225577, 27978560, 32081490). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 183828). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects PALB2 function (PMID: 31586400, 33139182). 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. -

May 13, 2019

Leiden Open Variation Database

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: curation

Curators: Marc Tischkowitz, Arleen D. Auerbach. Submitter to LOVD: Marc Tischkowitz. -

Sep 29, 2023

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:2

May 31, 2023

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.W1140G variant (also known as c.3418T>G) is located in exon 13 of the PALB2 gene. This alteration results from a T to G substitution at nucleotide position 3418. The tryptophan at codon 1140 is replaced by glycine, an amino acid with highly dissimilar properties. In one study, this alteration was identified in a BRCA1/BRCA2-negative French Canadian and British proband, who was diagnosed with unilateral infiltrating ductal breast carcinoma at age 32. Loss of heterozygosity analysis of tumor tissue did not show loss of the wild-type allele (Hartley T et al. Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2014 Aug;12:19). This alteration has also been detected in a 44-year-old male with MMR-proficient colorectal cancer (Pearlman R et al. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Apr;3:464-471). Based on protein sequence alignment, this amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Jan 03, 2023

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces tryptophan with glycine at codon 1140 of the PALB2 protein. Computational prediction is inconclusive regarding the impact of this variant on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold 0.5 < inconclusive < 0.7, PMID: 27666373). Functional studies have reported this variant to be abnormal in BRCA2 interaction and subcellular localization (PMID: 31586400), but normal in a homology-mediated DNA repair assay (PMID: 31636395). This variant has been observed in one individual each affected with early-onset breast cancer (PMID: 25225577), colorectal cancer (PMID: 27978560), breast and skin cancer (DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.11.009). This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Familial cancer of breast;C1835817:Fanconi anemia complementation group N;C3150547:Pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 3 Uncertain:1

Apr 16, 2022

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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not provided Uncertain:1

Mar 25, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Observed in individuals with colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and/or melanoma (PMID: 25225577, 27978560, 32081490); Published functional studies are inconclusive: reduced RAD51 foci formation and sensitivity to PARP inhibitor, and inconsistent homology-directed repair activity (PMID: 31586400, 31636395); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 25225577, 33195396, 27978560, 31586400, 31636395, 32209438, 32185139, 32081490, 24485656, 19609323, 20871615, 37651980, 33139182) -

Malignant tumor of breast Uncertain:1

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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

The PALB2 p.Trp1140Gly variant was identified in the literature in a tumour sample from a patient with breast cancer (Hartley 2014). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs62625283) as "With Uncertain significance allele", ClinVar (classified as uncertain significance by Invitae, Ambry Genetics, GeneDx and Color), and in LOVD 3.0 (1x). The variant was not identified in the following control databases: the Exome Aggregation Consortium (August 8th 2016) or the Genome Aggregation Database (Feb 27, 2017). The p.Trp1140 residue is conserved across mammals and other organisms, and 5 of 5 computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) suggest that the variant may impact the protein; however, this information is not predictive enough to assume pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) do not predict a difference in splicing. In summary, based on the above information, the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.97
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.23	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.10
CADD	Pathogenic	28
DANN	Uncertain	0.98
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.11	T;T
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.75
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.73
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.96	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.78	T;T
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.14	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.87	D;D
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.50	T
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.1	.;M
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.64	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-12	D;D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.56
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Polyphen		1.0	.;D
Vest4		0.83
MutPred		0.70		.;Loss of stability (P = 0.024);
MVP		0.71
MPC		0.44
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.8
Varity_R		0.97
gMVP		0.84

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: rs62625283; hg19: chr16-23614923;