rs758494245

chr5-1279420-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points: 2P and 6B. PM2 BP4_Strong BP6 BP7

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.2001C>T(p.Tyr667=) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000339 in 1,551,618 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000079 (0 hom., cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.00037 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:3 B:5
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -1.72

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.77).
• BP6: Variant 5-1279420-G-A is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1279420-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 242221.We mark this variant Likely_benign, oryginal submissions are: {Likely_benign=5, Uncertain_significance=3}.
• BP7: Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-1.72 with no splicing effect.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.2001C>T	p.Tyr667=	synonymous_variant	5/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.2001C>T	p.Tyr667=	synonymous_variant	5/15
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.2080C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	5/13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.2080C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	5/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.2001C>T	p.Tyr667=	synonymous_variant	5/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000788 AC: 12 AN: 152216 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.0000482

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: 0.000132

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.0000648 AC: 10 AN: 154366 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.0000363 AC XY: 3 AN XY: 82726

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.000121

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.000119

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.000367 AC: 514 AN: 1399402 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.000362 AC XY: 250 AN XY: 690606

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.0000315

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.000194

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: 0.000465

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000518

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000788 AC: 12 AN: 152216 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.0000404 AC XY: 3 AN XY: 74348

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.0000482

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.0000654

Gnomad4 ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE AF: 0.000132

Gnomad4 OTH AF: 0.00

Alfa AF: 0.0000690 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.000117

Asia WGS AF: 0.000289 AC: 1 AN: 3478

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3 Benign:5

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Aplastic anemia Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Jan 13, 2018

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

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Jan 13, 2018

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. -

Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Jan 13, 2018

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. -

Interstitial lung disease 2 Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Mendelics

May 28, 2019

- -

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Jan 10, 2024

- -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome;C0265965:Dyskeratosis congenita Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Feb 12, 2022

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Dyskeratosis congenita Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

curation

Sema4, Sema4

Aug 09, 2021

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TERT-related disorder Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences

Jun 04, 2019

This variant is classified as likely benign based on ACMG/AMP sequence variant interpretation guidelines (Richards et al. 2015 PMID: 25741868, with internal and published modifications). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.77
Cadd	Benign	0.39
Dann	Benign	0.49

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: rs758494245; hg19: chr5-1279535;