rs745874353

Variant names:

• chr8-144516088-C-A
• rs745874353
• ENST00000621189.4:c.-41G>T

Your query was ambiguous. Multiple possible variants found:

• chr8-144516088-C-A
• chr8-144516088-C-G
• chr8-144516088-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2

The ENST00000621189.4(RECQL4):​c.-41G>T variant causes a 5 prime UTR premature start codon gain change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,460,356 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: RECQL4 ENST00000621189.4 5_prime_UTR_premature_start_codon_gain
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.643
• Publications: 2 publications found

Genes affected

RECQL4 (HGNC:9949): (RecQ like helicase 4) The protein encoded by this gene is a DNA helicase that belongs to the RecQ helicase family. DNA helicases unwind double-stranded DNA into single-stranded DNAs and may modulate chromosome segregation. This gene is predominantly expressed in thymus and testis. Mutations in this gene are associated with Rothmund-Thomson, RAPADILINO and Baller-Gerold syndromes. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]

RECQL4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Baller-Gerold syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, G2P, Orphanet
• Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Rothmund-Thomson syndrome type 2

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
• osteosarcoma

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• rapadilino syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
RECQL4	NM_004260.4	c.1031G>T	p.Arg344Leu	missense_variant	Exon 5 of 21	ENST00000617875.6	NP_004251.4

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
RECQL4	ENST00000617875.6	c.1031G>T	p.Arg344Leu	missense_variant	Exon 5 of 21	1	NM_004260.4	ENSP00000482313.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 34

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000137 AC: 2 AN: 1460356 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 65 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 726450

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44720

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26134

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.0000252 AC: 1 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 52106

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1111834

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60356

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 34

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain:1

Mar 25, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.R344L variant (also known as c.1031G>T), located in coding exon 5 of the RECQL4 gene, results from a G to T substitution at nucleotide position 1031. The arginine at codon 344 is replaced by leucine, an amino acid with dissimilar properties. This amino acid position is conserved. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

Baller-Gerold syndrome Uncertain:1

Jun 15, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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. Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt RECQL4 protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 843035). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with RECQL4-related conditions. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 344 of the RECQL4 protein (p.Arg344Leu). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.11
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.078	D
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.13
CADD	Benign	17
DANN	Benign	0.57
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.15	T
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.19	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.51	T
M_CAP	Benign	0.014	T
MetaRNN	Uncertain	0.53	D
PhyloP100		0.64
PrimateAI	Benign	0.29	T
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.026	D
Polyphen		0.83	P
Vest4		0.51
MVP		0.66
GERP RS		4.9
PromoterAI		-0.0038	Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.1
Varity_R		0.23
gMVP		0.39
Mutation Taster		=87/13	polymorphism

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.25		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.25		Position offset: -19

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs745874353; hg19: chr8-145741472;