rs730881689

Positions:

• chr22-28696951-T-C
• chr22-28696951-T-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.1045A>G​(p.Lys349Glu) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0 (0 hom.)
  • Failed GnomAD Quality Control
• Consequence: CHEK2 NM_007194.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.29

Genes affected

CHEK2 (HGNC:16627): (checkpoint kinase 2) In response to DNA damage and replication blocks, cell cycle progression is halted through the control of critical cell cycle regulators. The protein encoded by this gene is a cell cycle checkpoint regulator and putative tumor suppressor. It contains a forkhead-associated protein interaction domain essential for activation in response to DNA damage and is rapidly phosphorylated in response to replication blocks and DNA damage. When activated, the encoded protein is known to inhibit CDC25C phosphatase, preventing entry into mitosis, and has been shown to stabilize the tumor suppressor protein p53, leading to cell cycle arrest in G1. In addition, this protein interacts with and phosphorylates BRCA1, allowing BRCA1 to restore survival after DNA damage. Mutations in this gene have been linked with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a highly penetrant familial cancer phenotype usually associated with inherited mutations in TP53. Also, mutations in this gene are thought to confer a predisposition to sarcomas, breast cancer, and brain tumors. This nuclear protein is a member of the CDS1 subfamily of serine/threonine protein kinases. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

CHEK2 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.973

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
CHEK2	NM_007194.4	c.1045A>G	p.Lys349Glu	missense_variant	10/15	ENST00000404276.6	NP_009125.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
CHEK2	ENST00000404276.6	c.1045A>G	p.Lys349Glu	missense_variant	10/15	1	NM_007194.4	ENSP00000385747.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AC0 AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1461330 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 30 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 726998

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: 0.00

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

GeneDx

May 16, 2016

This variant is denoted CHEK2 c.1045A>G at the cDNA level, p.Lys349Glu (K349E) at the protein level, and results in the change of a Lysine to a Glutamic Acid (AAG>GAG). This variant has not, to our knowledge, been published in the literature as pathogenic or benign. CHEK2 Lys349Glu was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, suggesting it is not a common benign variant in these populations. Since Lysine and Glutamic Acid differ in polarity, charge, size or other properties, this is considered a non-conservative amino acid substitution. CHEK2 Lys349Glu occurs at a position that is conserved across species and is located in the protein kinase domain (Desrichard 2011, Roeb 2012). In silico analyses predict that this variant is probably damaging to protein structure and function. Based on currently available evidence, it is unclear whether CHEK2 Lys349Glu is a pathogenic or benign variant. We consider it to be a variant of uncertain significance. -

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Jul 19, 2017

This sequence change replaces lysine with glutamic acid at codon 349 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Lys349Glu). The lysine residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between lysine and glutamic acid. 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. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may create or strengthen a splice site, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Probably Damaging"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). This variant has been reported in four individuals affected with triple-negative breast cancer (PMID: 28135048). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 182433). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Mar 27, 2017

The p.K349E variant (also known as c.1045A>G), located in coding exon 9 of the CHEK2 gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 1045. The lysine at codon 349 is replaced by glutamic acid, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.49	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.47
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Uncertain	0.48	T;T;.;T;.;T;.;.;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.91
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.97	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.91	.;.;D;.;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.31	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.97	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	4.2	H;H;.;H;.;H;.;.;.
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.86	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-3.8	D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D;.
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.91
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D;.
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D;.
Polyphen		1.0	D;D;.;D;D;D;D;.;.
Vest4		0.95
MutPred		0.89		Loss of methylation at K349 (P = 0.0091);Loss of methylation at K349 (P = 0.0091);.;Loss of methylation at K349 (P = 0.0091);.;Loss of methylation at K349 (P = 0.0091);.;.;.;
MVP		0.99
MPC		0.18
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.7
Varity_R		0.99
gMVP		0.91

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.010		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: rs730881689; hg19: chr22-29092939;