rs760352197

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1PM2PP3_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

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.103

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 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 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 0 benign, 11 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

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE
TERT	NM_198253.3 linkuse as main transcript	c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense_variant	3/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3 linkuse as main transcript	c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense_variant	3/15
TERT	NR_149162.3 linkuse as main transcript	n.1688C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	3/13
TERT	NR_149163.3 linkuse as main transcript	n.1688C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	3/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10 linkuse as main transcript	c.1609C>T	p.Arg537Cys	missense_variant	3/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2	O14746-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152180

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

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

GnomAD3 exomes

AF:

0.00000398

AC:

AN:

251050

Hom.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

135780

show subpopulations

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 SAS 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:

AN:

1461772

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000275

AC XY:

AN XY:

727164

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome

AF:

0.0000252

Gnomad4 SAS exome

AF:

0.0000116

Gnomad4 FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome

AF:

8.99e-7

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152180

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74348

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.0000241

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.00

Bravo

AF:

0.00000756

ExAC

AF:

0.00000824

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified

Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago

Dec 07, 2015

- -

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

Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Oct 27, 2023

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 537 of the TERT protein (p.Arg537Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs760352197, gnomAD 0.007%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of TERT-related disease (PMID: 30523342). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 436986). 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 expected to disrupt TERT protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Uncertain

0.37

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.20

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.23

Cadd

Benign

Dann

Uncertain

0.99

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.94

D;.

Eigen

Benign

-0.54

Eigen_PC

Benign

-0.90

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.15

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.96

D;D

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.37

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.93

D;D

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.48

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.8

M;M

MutationTaster

Benign

0.76

N;N;N;N

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.51

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-5.8

D;D

REVEL

Uncertain

0.54

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Polyphen

1.0

D;D

Vest4

0.66

MutPred

0.70

Loss of disorder (P = 0.0461);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0461);

MVP

0.90

MPC

2.6

ClinPred

0.99

GERP RS

-4.8

Varity_R

0.86

gMVP

0.91

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

Publications

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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