NF1 encodes neurofibromin, a tumor suppressor protein that negatively regulates the RAS signal transduction pathway. As a GTPase-activating protein, it helps switch RAS proteins from their active to inactive state, keeping cell growth in check; loss of NF1 function leaves RAS overactive and drives downstream growth pathways such as MAPK/ERK and PI3K. Inherited changes in NF1 cause the cancer-predisposition syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1, and are also linked to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and Watson syndrome. Somatic changes in NF1 are found in many tumor types, including breast cancer, melanoma, and glioma.
This variant
NF1 disease is predominantly caused by loss-of-function changes that leave RAS overactive, and this missense variant (p.Asn730Lys) falls outside that typical mechanism; computational predictors suggest a benign effect, yet its absence from population databases leaves a benign classification unconfirmed. As a variant of uncertain significance, it should not alone guide clinical decisions or cancer-risk assessment.
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NM_001042492.2
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_001042492.2:c.2190C>G
GRCh38
chr17:31226623 C>G
GRCh37
chr17:29553641 C>G
BasisVUS: under the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 framework, only PM2 and BP4 (supporting) were met, with no pathogenic or benign criteria at higher strength.▾
VUS: under the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 framework, only PM2 and BP4 (supporting) were met, with no pathogenic or benign criteria at higher strength.
Classification rationale
PM2BP4VUS
NF1 c.2190C>Gmissense · exon 18
PM2 (Supporting): the variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1, v4.1, and gnomAD-Canada. BP4 (Supporting): SpliceAI max delta 0.002 and REVEL 0.06 both predict a benign effect. Classification: VUS - PM2 and BP4 at supporting strength are insufficient to reach the pathogenic or benign thresholds under the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 combination rules.
PM2 + BP4→VUS
Gene diagram
· NM_001042492.2 · variants mapped to exon structure
NF1NM_001042492.2
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UCSC ncbiRefSeqCurated
All variants in NF1—click a row to locate it on the plot · use the link column to open its page
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Applied criteria · 2 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 · 2
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✓
PM2supportingPathogenic
Met (supporting): absent from gnomAD v2.1, v4.1, and gnomAD-Canada.
The exact variant NM_001042492.2:c.2190C>G / NP_001035957.1:p.(Asn730Lys) is reported as absent from gnomAD v2.1.The exact variant is reported as absent from gnomAD v4.1.The exact variant is reported as absent from gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
Met (supporting): SpliceAI max delta 0.002 and REVEL 0.06 both predict a benign effect.
CSpec NF1 VCEP framework (doc 1553923915) has no gene-specific PP3/BP4 lookup table or rule_payload (framework_complete false), so generic ACMG BP4 logic applies.SpliceAI evidence_sentence: 'SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00)'; individual deltas DS_AG=0.0, DS_AL=0.002, DS_DG=0.001, DS_DL=0.001 are all far below any splice-disruption threshold, supporting BP4 via the splice-impact path.REVEL score 0.06 (source_registry 'revel') is low and, per the published ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID 36413997), falls in the benign-supporting range for the missense in-silico path.
OncoKB did not identify variant-specific reviewed functional evidence for this variant; gene-level curated context is available for reviewer follow-up. NF1, a negative regulator of RAS, is inactivated by mutation or deletion in various solid and hematologic malignancies.