rs781517281

Positions:

• chr3-169765054-G-A
• chr3-169765054-G-C
• chr3-169765054-G-T

Variant summary

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

The NR_001566.1(TERC):​n.7C>T variant causes a non coding transcript exon change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000654 in 612,062 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 Uncertain significance (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000065 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TERC NR_001566.1 non_coding_transcript_exon
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -1.95

Genes affected

TERC (HGNC:11727): (telomerase RNA component) 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, and an RNA component, encoded by this gene, that 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. Mutations in this gene cause autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita, and may also be associated with some cases of aplastic anemia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Telomerase-vert (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.54).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TERC	NR_001566.1	n.7C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	1/1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TERC	ENST00000602385.1	n.7C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	1/1
Telomerase-vert	ENST00000363312.1			upstream_gene_variant

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00000439 AC: 1 AN: 227816 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 126376

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.0000748

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: 0.00000654 AC: 4 AN: 612062 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 0 AF XY: 0.00000897 AC XY: 3 AN XY: 334446

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.000113

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.0000143

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000286

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 1 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Dec 30, 2021

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. This variant is located at the 5’ end of the TERC RNA component (PMID: 15082312, 21844345). The functional significance of this region is not well understood. This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERC-related conditions. The frequency data for this variant in the population databases is considered unreliable, as metrics indicate poor data quality at this position in the gnomAD database. This variant occurs in the TERC gene, which encodes an RNA molecule that does not result in a protein product. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.54
CADD	Benign	7.3
DANN	Benign	0.81

Splicing

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs781517281; hg19: chr3-169482842;