rs774358971

Variant names:

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Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points: 3P and 4B. PM1PP3BS2

The NM_144997.7(FLCN):c.535C>T(p.Arg179Trp) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000446 in 1,613,546 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic 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. R179G) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000048 ( 1 hom. )

Consequence

FLCN
NM_144997.7 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:7B:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 4.18

Publications

2 publications found

Variant links:

COSMIC-nc: COSV53259513

Genes affected

FLCN (HGNC:27310): (folliculin) This gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. Mutations in this gene are associated with Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, which is characterized by fibrofolliculomas, renal tumors, lung cysts, and pneumothorax. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

FLCN Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen
Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome 1
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P, Ambry Genetics
familial spontaneous pneumothorax
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, Ambry Genetics
renal carcinoma
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
colorectal cancer
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

FLCN links:

ENSG00000264187 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000264187 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 36 uncertain in NM_144997.7

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.785

BS2

High AC in GnomAdExome4 at 70 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
FLCN	NM_144997.7 link	c.535C>T	p.Arg179Trp	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 14	ENST00000285071.9	NP_659434.2	Q8NFG4-1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
FLCN	ENST00000285071.9 link	c.535C>T	p.Arg179Trp	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 14	1	NM_144997.7	ENSP00000285071.4		Q8NFG4-1
ENSG00000264187	ENST00000427497.3 link	n.148+3985C>T		intron_variant	Intron 4 of 11	1		ENSP00000394249.3		J3QW42

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000131

AC:

AN:

152166

Hom.:

Cov.:

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:

0.0000147

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000518

AC:

AN:

250976

AF XY:

0.0000368

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000289

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000882

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000326

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000479

AC:

AN:

1461380

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000495

AC XY:

AN XY:

726986

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000671

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.0000252

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000116

AC:

AN:

86252

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

52928

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000540

AC:

AN:

1112002

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000828

AC:

AN:

60392

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.470

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000131

AC:

AN:

152166

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000134

AC XY:

AN XY:

74354

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41436

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000654

AC:

AN:

15282

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3468

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5196

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4832

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10616

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68016

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2092

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.550

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.60

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

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>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000712

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000113

ExAC

AF:

0.0000576

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:7Benign:2

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:2

Mar 01, 2024

CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

FLCN: PP3 -

Sep 26, 2023

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Observed in individual(s) with colorectal cancer (Bhai et al., 2021); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 34326862) -

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome 1

Uncertain:1Benign:1

Oct 23, 2024

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is considered likely benign. This variant has been observed at a population frequency that is significantly greater than expected given the associated disease prevalence and penetrance. -

Jun 17, 2025

St. Jude Molecular Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The FLCN c.535C>T p.(Arg179Trp) missense change has a maximum subpopulation frequency of 0.0085% in gnomAD v2.1.1 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org). The in silico tool REVEL predicts a deleterious effect on protein function, but to our knowledge this prediction has not been confirmed by functional studies. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in individuals with Birt-Hogg-Dubai syndrome. In summary, the evidence currently available is insufficient to determine the clinical significance of this variant. It has therefore been classified as of uncertain significance. -

not specified

Uncertain:1

Mar 04, 2025

Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

17p11.2 microduplication syndrome

Uncertain:1

Oct 04, 2018

Centre for Mendelian Genomics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was classified as: Uncertain significance. The available evidence on this variant's pathogenicity is insufficient or conflicting. The following ACMG criteria were applied in classifying this variant: PP3,BP1. -

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome;C0346629:Colorectal cancer;C1868193:Familial spontaneous pneumothorax;C2931246:17p11.2 microduplication syndrome;CN074294:Nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma

Uncertain:1

May 11, 2022

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome

Uncertain:1

Feb 04, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 179 of the FLCN protein (p.Arg179Trp). This variant is present in population databases (rs774358971, gnomAD 0.008%), and has an allele count higher than expected for a pathogenic variant. This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with FLCN-related conditions (PMID: 34326862). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 409403). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed for this missense variant. However, the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on FLCN protein function. 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome

Benign:1

Nov 15, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.97

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.29

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.36

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.96

D;.;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.73

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.73

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.95

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.92

D;D;D

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.33

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.79

D;D;D

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.63

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.1

M;M;.

PhyloP100

4.2

PrimateAI

Pathogenic

0.84

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-5.0

D;D;D

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.66

Sift

Uncertain

0.0010

D;D;D

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.0020

D;D;D

Polyphen

1.0

D;D;.

Vest4

0.88

MutPred

0.44

Loss of sheet (P = 0.0817);Loss of sheet (P = 0.0817);.;

MVP

0.87

MPC

1.2

ClinPred

0.60

GERP RS

5.7

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Varity_R

0.89

gMVP

0.85

Mutation Taster

=52/48

polymorphism

(source)

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

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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