rs81002874

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic.
>+14 Pathogenic
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VUS
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The variant received 22 classification points (ACMG Germline Pathogenicity v2019). PVS1PS1PS3PM2PP5_Strong

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):c.7977-1G>A variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant is predicted to lead to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). The variant is absent from the gnomAD population database at sites with sufficient sequencing coverage. In-silico predictor (BayesDel (noAF)) classifies this variant as likely damaging/oncogenic. The affected nucleotide is highly conserved across species (PhyloP 100-way vertebrate score: 9.52). Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV001589417: Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site alters mRNA splicing and is expected to lead to the loss of protein expression (PMID:16211554, 22006311, 28339459, 32398771" and additional evidence is available in ClinVar.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)

Consequence

BRCA2
NM_000059.4 splice_acceptor, intron

Scores

6
1
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.52

Publications

17 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
BRCA2 (HGNC:1101): (BRCA2 DNA repair associated) The product of this gene in involved in maintenance of genome stability. It is involved in double-strand break repair pathways during mitotic and meiotic homologous recombination and functions in protecting DNA replication forks. The encoded protein contains sites for interactions with PALB2 and EMSY and an N-terminal DNA binding domain. It also contains a RAD51 binding domain with multiple components. It has multiple BRC repeats, an alpha helix domain, oligonucleotide binding folds, and a tower-like domain. It has a nuclear localization signal and a phosphorylation site for cyclin-dependent kinase. The C-terminus of the protein can bind single-stranded and double-stranded DNA. The product of this gene interacts with multiple proteins, including RAD51. It is involved in recruiting RAD51 filaments to DNA double-strand break sites and also in cytoplasmic division. It also acts as a tumor suppressor. Mutations in this gene or decreased expression have been implicated in multiple tumor types, including breast, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate and other cancers. [provided by RefSeq, May 2026]
BRCA2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • BRCA2-related cancer predisposition
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
  • Fanconi anemia complementation group D1
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
  • pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • sarcoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Fanconi anemia
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • medulloblastoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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new If you want to explore the variant's impact on the transcript NM_000059.4, check out the Mutation Effect Viewer. This is especially useful for frameshift variants or if you want to visualize the effect of exon loss / intron retention.

Classification according to ACMG Germline Pathogenicity v2019

Classification was made for transcript:

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 22 points.

PVS1Null variant in LOF gene
Splice site frameshift, NMD predicted, LoF disease mechanism — very strong (PVS1); Splice acceptor variant predicted to cause a frameshift, triggering NMD. Loss of function is a known disease mechanism for this gene.
PS1Same amino acid change as known pathogenic
Splice site has a more-destructive ClinVar pathogenic — strong (PS1); A more pathogenic splice-site variant at the same position has been reported in ClinVar.
PS3Functional studies show damaging effect
Well-established functional study supports damaging effect (PS3); SCV001589417: Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site alters mRNA splicing and is expected to lead to the loss of protein expression (PMID: 16211554, 22006311, 28339459, 32398771; Invitae).
PM2Absent/extremely low in population databases
Absent from gnomAD (AD/XL gene) — PM2; Absent from gnomAD at well-covered site (MOI: AD+AR) (base 0.0001, raised to 0.000139 by highest known P/LP ClinVar AF 0.000139) — PM2 moderate.
PP5Reputable source reports pathogenic
ClinVar 2-star pathogenic — strong (PP5); ClinVar germline classification: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic, 2 star(s).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

Automated classification analysis was done for transcript: NM_000059.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated classification assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

BRCA2 NM_000059.4
MANE Select
HGVSc / HGVSpc.7977-1G>A
Exon rankIntron 17 of 26
splice_acceptorintron
Prot: NP_000050.3UniProt: A0A7P0T9D7P51587
BRCA2 NM_001432077.1
HGVSc / HGVSpc.7977-1G>A
Exon rankIntron 17 of 26
splice_acceptorintron
Prot: NP_001419006.1UniProt: A0A7P0T9D7P51587
BRCA2 NM_001406720.1
HGVSc / HGVSpc.7977-1G>A
Exon rankIntron 17 of 26
splice_acceptorintron
Prot: NP_001393649.1UniProt: A0A8V8TPZ2

Ensembl Transcripts

BRCA2 ENST00000380152.8
TSL:5MANE Select
HGVSc / HGVSpc.7977-1G>A
Exon rankIntron 17 of 26
splice_acceptorintron
Prot: ENSP00000369497.3UniProt: P51587
BRCA2 ENST00000544455.6
TSL:1
HGVSc / HGVSpc.7977-1G>A
Exon rankIntron 17 of 26
splice_acceptorintron
Prot: ENSP00000439902.1UniProt: P51587
BRCA2 ENST00000530893.7
TSL:1
HGVSc / HGVSpc.7608-1G>A
Exon rankIntron 17 of 26
splice_acceptorintron
Prot: ENSP00000499438.2UniProt: A0A590UJI7

Frequencies

Allele frequencies (AF), counts (AC/AN), homozygotes and coverage

Common (AF > 0.05 / Hom > 5)
Rare (AF ≤ 0.0001 / Hom ≤ 1)
Global population databases 3 sources
GnomAD3 genomes
Cov:32
GnomAD4 exome
Cov:31
GnomAD4 genome
Cov:32
Showing 3 sources

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions
Significance:Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Revision:criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
2
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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome (2)
1
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Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 (1)
1
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Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome (1)

Computational Scores

AlphaGenome AVI
Pathogenic32
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic0.42D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic0.36
CADD
Pathogenic32
DANN
Uncertain1.0
Eigen
Pathogenic1.2
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic1.0
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic0.99D
GPN-Star LLR
N/A-9.5
GPN-Star score
N/A9.5
Mutation Taster
N/A0/100disease causing (ClinVar)
PhyloP100
Pathogenic9.5
Showing 12 of 12 scores

Splicing Scores

dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic0.94
DS_AL_spliceai
Pathogenic0.98
Position offset: 1
Pangolin (max)
Pathogenic0.91
Pangolin gain
Uncertain0.23
Position offset: 22
Pangolin loss
Pathogenic0.91
Position offset: 1
SpliceAI score (max)
Pathogenic0.98
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
Splicevardb
N/A2.0
Showing 8 of 8 scores

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

MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.

MaveDB functional evidence

MaveDB is a public repository of laboratory assays that test the effect of thousands of variants at once — treat this as supporting research data and interpret it with great caution; it is not a clinical classification.

No MaveDB functional evidence found for this variant.

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs81002874;
hg19: chr13-32937315;
COSMIC: COSV66448512;
COSMIC: COSV66448512;
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