rs786202339

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PVS1_ModeratePM2

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.1563delG​(p.Arg523ValfsTer43) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000346 in 1,443,888 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. There is a variant allele frequency bias in the population database for this variant (GnomAdExome4), which may indicate mosaicism or somatic mutations in the reference population data. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. R521R) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000035 ( 0 hom. )
Failed GnomAD Quality Control

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 frameshift

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.642

Publications

6 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
CHEK2 (HGNC:16627): (checkpoint kinase 2) In response to DNA damage and replication blocks, cell cycle progression is halted through the control of critical cell cycle regulators. The protein encoded by this gene is a cell cycle checkpoint regulator and putative tumor suppressor. It contains a forkhead-associated protein interaction domain essential for activation in response to DNA damage and is rapidly phosphorylated in response to replication blocks and DNA damage. When activated, the encoded protein is known to inhibit CDC25C phosphatase, preventing entry into mitosis, and has been shown to stabilize the tumor suppressor protein p53, leading to cell cycle arrest in G1. In addition, this protein interacts with and phosphorylates BRCA1, allowing BRCA1 to restore survival after DNA damage. Mutations in this gene have been linked with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a highly penetrant familial cancer phenotype usually associated with inherited mutations in TP53. Also, mutations in this gene are thought to confer a predisposition to sarcomas, breast cancer, and brain tumors. This nuclear protein is a member of the CDS1 subfamily of serine/threonine protein kinases. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]
CHEK2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • CHEK2-related cancer predisposition
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
  • hereditary breast carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
  • acute myeloid leukemia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
  • familial ovarian cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product does not undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Variant is located in the 3'-most exon, not predicted to undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Fraction of 0.0423 CDS is truncated, and there are 0 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
CHEK2NM_007194.4 linkc.1563delG p.Arg523ValfsTer43 frameshift_variant Exon 15 of 15 ENST00000404276.6 NP_009125.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
CHEK2ENST00000404276.6 linkc.1563delG p.Arg523ValfsTer43 frameshift_variant Exon 15 of 15 1 NM_007194.4 ENSP00000385747.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152204
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
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:
0.0000942
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
233302
AF XY:
0.00
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
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:
0.00000346
AC:
5
AN:
1443888
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.00000278
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
718684
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33398
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44700
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26130
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39694
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86154
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
38018
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4134
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000360
AC:
4
AN:
1111566
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60094
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.225
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
2
3
4
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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GnomAD4 genome
Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AS_VQSR
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152204
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74360
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41442
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15280
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5198
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4834
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.0000942
AC:
1
AN:
10618
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68042
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2092
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.225
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:4
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:2
Feb 10, 2023
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

_x000D_ Criteria applied: PM4, PM2_SUP -

Jan 23, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change results in a frameshift in the CHEK2 gene (p.Arg523Valfs*43). While this is not anticipated to result in nonsense mediated decay, it is expected to disrupt the last 21 amino acid(s) of the CHEK2 protein and extend the protein by 21 additional amino acid residues. 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 frameshift has been observed in individual(s) with ovarian cancer (PMID: 28888541). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 185645). Experimental studies and prediction algorithms are not available or were not evaluated, and the functional significance of this variant is currently unknown. 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. -

not provided Uncertain:1
Dec 20, 2019
GeneDx
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Not observed in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016); Frameshift variant predicted to result in protein truncation as the last 21 amino acids are lost and replaced with 42 incorrect amino acids, although loss-of-function variants have not been reported downstream of this position in the protein; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 12909615, 18004398) -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1
Aug 11, 2023
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.1563delG variant, located in coding exon 14 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a deletion of one nucleotide at nucleotide position 1563, causing a translational frameshift with a predicted alternate stop codon (p.R523Vfs*43). This deletion and subsequent frameshift occurs near the 3' terminus of CHEK2 and results in the last 21 amino acids being replaced by alternate amino acid residues and the elongation of the encoded protein by 21 additional amino acids. The altered amino acids are not predicted to disrupt the nuclear localization signal of the protein (Zannini L et al. J Biol Chem, 2003 Oct;278:42346-51). However, the added amino acids do change the nature of the C-terminal protein from hydrophilic and disordered to hydrophobic (Ambry internal data). Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
PhyloP100
-0.64
Mutation Taster
=10/190
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.010
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs786202339; hg19: chr22-29083953; API