rs760352197

Variant names:

• chr5-1282589-G-A
• rs760352197
• NM_198253.3:c.1609C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Moderate

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.1609C>T​(p.Arg537Cys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000248 in 1,613,952 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R537H) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.103
• Publications: 3 publications found

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: PanelApp Australia, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2

  Inheritance: Unknown, SD, AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia
• acute myeloid leukemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• 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: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 28 uncertain in NM_198253.3
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.927

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_198253.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TERT	NM_198253.3	MANE Select	c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense	Exon 3 of 16	NP_937983.2	O14746-1
	TERT	NM_001193376.3		c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense	Exon 3 of 15	NP_001180305.1	O14746-3
	TERT	NR_149162.3		n.1688C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 3 of 13

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TERT	ENST00000310581.10	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense	Exon 3 of 16	ENSP00000309572.5	O14746-1
	TERT	ENST00000334602.10	TSL:1	c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense	Exon 3 of 15	ENSP00000334346.6	O14746-3
	TERT	ENST00000460137.6	TSL:1	n.1609C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 3 of 13	ENSP00000425003.1	O14746-4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152180 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.0000241

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

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: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251050 AF XY: 0.00

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.0000616

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

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: 0.00000205 AC: 3 AN: 1461772 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 727164

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

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

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

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.0000116 AC: 1 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53306

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1112008

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60392

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152180 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74348

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000241 AC: 1 AN: 41446

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15270

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3472

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5200

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4832

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10618

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 68026

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2088

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000756

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Uncertain significance

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
-	1	-	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 (1)
-	1	-	not specified (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Uncertain	0.37
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.20	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.23
CADD	Benign	17
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.94	D
Eigen	Benign	-0.54
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.90
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.15	N
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.96	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.37	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.93	D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.48	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.8	M
PhyloP100		0.10
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.51	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.8	D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.54
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.66
MutPred		0.70		Loss of disorder (P = 0.0461)
MVP		0.90
MPC		2.6
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		-4.8
Varity_R		0.86
gMVP		0.91
Mutation Taster		=71/29	polymorphism

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.050		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs760352197; hg19: chr5-1282704;