rs754359147

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points: 2P and 3B. PM2BP4_ModerateBP6

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.702G>C​(p.Leu234Phe) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000253 in 1,582,574 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. L234M) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 missense

Scores

1
3
15

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:2B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.147

Publications

2 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 -1 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.12500209).
BP6
Variant 5-1294184-C-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1294184-C-G is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 574022.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkc.702G>C p.Leu234Phe missense_variant Exon 2 of 16 ENST00000310581.10 NP_937983.2 O14746-1
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkc.702G>C p.Leu234Phe missense_variant Exon 2 of 15 NP_001180305.1 O14746-3
TERTNR_149162.3 linkn.781G>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkn.781G>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkc.702G>C p.Leu234Phe missense_variant Exon 2 of 16 1 NM_198253.3 ENSP00000309572.5 O14746-1
TERTENST00000334602.10 linkc.702G>C p.Leu234Phe missense_variant Exon 2 of 15 1 ENSP00000334346.6 O14746-3
TERTENST00000460137.6 linkn.702G>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13 1 ENSP00000425003.1 O14746-4
TERTENST00000656021.1 linkn.702G>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 17 ENSP00000499759.1 A0A590UK92

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152254
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000654
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000105
AC:
2
AN:
191010
AF XY:
0.00000939
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000625
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000210
AC:
3
AN:
1430320
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000282
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
710106
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
32780
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000698
AC:
3
AN:
42964
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25678
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
38126
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
83760
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41538
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5728
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1100534
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
59212
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.492
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

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
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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
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152254
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74382
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41470
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000654
AC:
1
AN:
15292
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5194
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4838
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10630
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68036
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2094
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
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:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756
ExAC
AF:
0.00000858
AC:
1

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:2Benign:1
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Dyskeratosis congenita Uncertain:2
Aug 19, 2021
St. Jude Molecular Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The TERT c.702G>C (p.Leu234Phe) missense change has a maximum subpopulation frequency of 0.0063% in gnomAD v2.1.1 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/5-1294299-C-G). This variant occurs in a gene where missense variants are more likely to be damaging based on methods described by Lek et al. (PP2; PMID: 27535533). Six of seven in silico tools predict a benign effect of this variant on protein function (BP4), but to our knowledge these predictions have not been confirmed by functional assays. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in individuals with clinical features of dyskeratosis congenita. In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as of uncertain significance based on the ACMG/AMP criteria: PP2, BP4. -

Jan 15, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.L234F variant (also known as c.702G>C), located in coding exon 2 of the TERT gene, results from a G to C substitution at nucleotide position 702. The leucine at codon 234 is replaced by phenylalanine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This amino acid position is conserved. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Benign:1
Nov 05, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.087
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.14
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.25
CADD
Benign
3.0
DANN
Benign
0.63
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.37
T;.
Eigen
Benign
-1.3
Eigen_PC
Benign
-1.4
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.10
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.70
T;T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.50
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.13
T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.083
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.6
L;L
PhyloP100
0.15
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.67
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.90
N;N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.31
Sift
Benign
0.72
T;T
Sift4G
Benign
0.75
T;T
Polyphen
0.56
P;P
Vest4
0.13
MutPred
0.41
Loss of catalytic residue at L234 (P = 0.0631);Loss of catalytic residue at L234 (P = 0.0631);
MVP
0.79
MPC
1.3
ClinPred
0.074
T
GERP RS
-2.7
Varity_R
0.20
gMVP
0.40
Mutation Taster
=84/16
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: rs754359147; hg19: chr5-1294299; API