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NM_000268.3:c.1249A>T
p.Ile417Phe · NF2
ACMG/AMP
0%
complete
Final classification
VUS
PM2
NF2
c.1249A>T
p.Ile417Phe
missense

NF2 encodes Merlin, a scaffolding protein that links the cell's internal skeleton to the cell membrane and helps regulate cell growth, adhesion, and signaling. Loss of its function promotes tumor formation and spread. Germline mutations in this gene cause neurofibromatosis type 2, an inherited condition marked by tumors of the nervous system and skin, along with eye abnormalities. It acts as a tumor suppressor, and the gene is also found mutated in other types of cancer.

This variant

NF2 encodes Merlin, a tumor suppressor whose germline loss predisposes to NF2-related schwannomatosis, an autosomal dominant syndrome of nervous-system and skin tumors. This missense change, p.Ile417Phe, is a Variant of Uncertain Significance: it is absent from population databases but has no functional, clinical, or segregation evidence, so it cannot yet be used to confirm or exclude a diagnosis.

Transcript
NM_000268.3
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_000268.3:c.1249A>T
GRCh38
chr22:29673395 A>T
GRCh37
chr22:30069384 A>T
VUS: no ClinGen VCEP exists for NF2, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 rules apply, and the single supporting criterion met (PM2, AF 0) reaches no combination threshold.
Classification rationale
PM2 VUS
NF2 c.1249A>T missense

PM2 (Supporting): variant absent (AF = 0) from gnomAD v2.1, v4.1, and gnomAD-Canada. With PM2 as the only criterion met, no ACMG/AMP 2015 pathogenic, likely pathogenic, benign, or likely benign combination threshold is reached; classification is Variant of Uncertain Significance.

PM2 → VUS
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Gene diagram · NM_000268.3 · variants mapped to exon structure
NF2 NM_000268.3
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Applied criteria · 1 applied · 22 assessed
MetEvidence satisfies this criterion.
Not metEvaluated against available evidence; threshold not reached.
Not assessedApplies in principle, but no evidence was found to evaluate it.
N/ADoesn't apply to this variant type.
Applied · 1
Strength Supporting Moderate Strong Very strong
PM2 supporting Pathogenic
Met (Supporting): allele frequency is 0 — the variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1, v4.1, and gnomAD-Canada, below the <0.1% threshold.
gnomAD v2.1 (exome): variant 22-30069384-A-T absent (AF=0)gnomAD v4.1 (exome): variant chr22-29673395-A-T absent (AF=0)gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (HostSeq genomes): variant chr22-29673395-A-T absent
Assessed · not applied · 13 not met · 9 not assessed
Pathogenic
PS1 Not met: no established pathogenic variant producing the same amino acid change (p.Ile417Phe) exists in ClinVar or the literature.
PS2 Not assessed: no proband, parental, or family genotype data were available, so a de novo occurrence could not be evaluated.
PS3 Not assessed: no variant-specific functional assay data (e.g., merlin localization or growth-suppression assays) were available.
PS4 Not assessed: no affected cases or case-control cohort data exist for this variant, so prevalence-based enrichment cannot be evaluated.
PM1 Not met: residue Ile417 shows no evidence of lying in a mutational hotspot or critical functional domain.
PM5 Not met: no different missense at codon 417 is established as pathogenic, and no same-residue candidates were found.
PM6 Not assessed: no observation of the variant arising de novo was available in any evidence source.
PP1 Not assessed: no family or pedigree data were available, so co-segregation could not be evaluated.
PP2 Not met: loss-of-function, not missense, is the established NF2 disease mechanism, and no missense constraint metric was collected.
PP3 Not met: REVEL 0.436 is below the 0.644 PP3 threshold, and SpliceAI max delta 0.02 predicts no splice impact.
PP4 Not assessed: no proband phenotype or family history was available, so phenotype specificity could not be evaluated.
PP5 Not met: ClinVar has no record of this variant, so no expert-panel pathogenic classification exists to support PP5.
Benign
BA1 Not met: allele frequency is 0, far below the >5% BA1 threshold.
BS1 Not met: allele frequency is 0, below the >0.3% BS1 threshold and any frequency expected for this rare disorder.
BS2 Not met: no healthy-adult carriers were observed (AF 0), and the disorder's adult onset means early full penetrance does not apply.
BS3 Not assessed: no functional assay evidence demonstrating an absence of damaging effect was available.
BS4 Not assessed: no family genotype data were available, so lack of segregation in affected relatives could not be evaluated.
BP1 Not met: NF2-related schwannomatosis is caused by diverse alterations including non-truncating variants, not truncating changes only.
BP2 Not met: no documented cis or trans observation of this variant with a pathogenic variant exists.
BP4 Not met: only one no-impact line (SpliceAI max delta 0.02) is available, while BP4 requires multiple; REVEL 0.436 is indeterminate.
BP5 Not assessed: the variant has never been reported in a case, so an alternate molecular basis could not be evaluated.
BP6 Not met: ClinVar has no record of this variant, so no expert-panel benign classification exists to support BP6.
N/A · 5 PVS1 · PM3 · PM4 · BP3 · BP7
Research & evidence
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 screenshot
gnomAD v4.1
gnomAD v2.1 screenshot
gnomAD v2.1
v4.1
Absent from gnomAD v4.1.
v2.1
Absent from gnomAD v2.1.
🇨🇦 CA
Absent from gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
Allele frequency by ancestry
three datasets · side by side
gnomAD v4.1
Absent · 0 / ?
0 hom
Not observed in any ancestry group.
gnomAD v2.1
Absent · 0 / ?
0 hom
Not observed in any ancestry group.
gnomAD Canada 🇨🇦
Absent · 0 / ?
0 hom
Not observed in any ancestry group.
ClinVar screenshot
ClinVar
This variant is absent from ClinVar.
SpliceAI screenshot
In silico
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.02). REVEL score = 0.436. BayesDel score = -0.18104.
Functional / OncoKB screenshot
Functional Unknown Oncogenic Effect
OncoKB did not identify variant-specific reviewed functional evidence for this variant; gene-level curated context is available for reviewer follow-up. NF2, a scaffolding protein, is frequently altered in mesothelioma, meningioma and nerve sheath tumors.
OncoKB ↗
COSMIC screenshot
COSMIC
Cancer hotspots screenshot
Cancer hotspots
Somatic evidence Not in COSMIC / hotspots
COSMIC
This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC).
Hotspots
This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.
Sources & reference links
8Sources
ClinVar
gnomAD v2.1
gnomAD v4.1
gnomAD-Canada
SpliceAI
OncoKB
COSMIC
Cancer hotspots