rs986886145

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.1307C>T​(p.Ala436Val) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000123 in 1,545,346 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A436A) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000013 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 missense

Scores

3
16

Clinical Significance

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

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.278

Publications

1 publications found
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 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
  • dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2
    Inheritance: AR, AD, SD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
  • acute myeloid leukemia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • dyskeratosis congenita
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.09480423).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
TERTNM_198253.3 linkc.1307C>T p.Ala436Val missense_variant Exon 2 of 16 ENST00000310581.10 NP_937983.2 O14746-1
TERTNM_001193376.3 linkc.1307C>T p.Ala436Val missense_variant Exon 2 of 15 NP_001180305.1 O14746-3
TERTNR_149162.3 linkn.1386C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13
TERTNR_149163.3 linkn.1386C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TERTENST00000310581.10 linkc.1307C>T p.Ala436Val missense_variant Exon 2 of 16 1 NM_198253.3 ENSP00000309572.5 O14746-1
TERTENST00000334602.10 linkc.1307C>T p.Ala436Val missense_variant Exon 2 of 15 1 ENSP00000334346.6 O14746-3
TERTENST00000460137.6 linkn.1307C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 13 1 ENSP00000425003.1 O14746-4
TERTENST00000656021.1 linkn.1307C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 2 of 17 ENSP00000499759.1 A0A590UK92

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152232
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
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:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000676
AC:
1
AN:
147908
AF XY:
0.00
show subpopulations
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:
0.0000180
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000129
AC:
18
AN:
1393114
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00000875
AC XY:
6
AN XY:
686032
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
31482
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35458
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
24996
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35702
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
79036
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
47734
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5646
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000158
AC:
17
AN:
1075386
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000173
AC:
1
AN:
57674
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.506
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
3
4
6
7
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152232
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74372
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41460
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15288
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5200
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4838
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10630
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
314
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000147
AC:
1
AN:
68024
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2094
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.575
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.0000712
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:2
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1
Jan 06, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, with valine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 436 of the TERT protein (p.Ala436Val). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 471819). 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) indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt TERT protein function with a negative 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. -

Dyskeratosis congenita Uncertain:1
Apr 28, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.A436V variant (also known as c.1307C>T), located in coding exon 2 of the TERT gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 1307. The alanine at codon 436 is replaced by valine, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is not well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.079
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.031
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.28
CADD
Benign
9.2
DANN
Benign
0.97
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.41
T;.
Eigen
Benign
-1.2
Eigen_PC
Benign
-1.3
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.018
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.68
T;T
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.090
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.095
T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
-0.037
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.89
L;L
PhyloP100
-0.28
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.59
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.77
N;N
REVEL
Benign
0.18
Sift
Benign
0.16
T;T
Sift4G
Benign
0.098
T;T
Polyphen
0.19
B;B
Vest4
0.064
MutPred
0.25
Loss of helix (P = 0.0376);Loss of helix (P = 0.0376);
MVP
0.68
MPC
1.0
ClinPred
0.13
T
GERP RS
-0.89
Varity_R
0.033
gMVP
0.13
Mutation Taster
=83/17
polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs986886145; hg19: chr5-1293694; COSMIC: COSV57228152; COSMIC: COSV57228152; API