Reasoning
The governing León-Castillo et al. 2020 custom POLE framework limits PM1 to exact substitutions in its listed hotspot, pathogenic non-hotspot, or uncertain recurrent exonuclease-domain sets. p.E767K is not one of the five strong-hotspot substitutions (p.P286R, p.V411L, p.S297F, p.A456P, p.S459F), the six moderate substitutions (p.F367S, p.L424I, p.M295R, p.P436R, p.M444K, p.D368Y), or the four supporting substitutions (p.A465V, p.L424V, p.T278M, p.A428T). The variant was searched as c.2299G>A, p.Glu767Lys, and p.E767K in PATH-250-323.pdf and PATH-250-323-s002.xlsx with no matching entry. vcep_materials.json has no POLE domain_tables entry. The supplementary figure PATH-250-323-s001.tif has no converted full text and could not be independently searched.
VCEP rule
Apply PM1_Strong to the five established POLE exonuclease-domain hotspot missense variants emphasized by León-Castillo et al. 2020: p.P286R, p.V411L, p.S297F, p.A456P, and p.S459F. These are the exact hotspot substitutions repeatedly treated in the paper as pathogenic for the POLE-ultramutated phenotype in endometrial carcinoma. ... Apply PM1_Moderate to the exact non-hotspot exonuclease-domain missense variants identified in the paper as recurrent and POLE-score >=4 / classified as pathogenic in the TCGA-based analysis: p.F367S, p.L424I, p.M295R, p.P436R, p.M444K, and p.D368Y. Use this only for these exact substitutions, not all substitutions at the same codon. ... Apply PM1_Supporting to exact recurrent exonuclease-domain missense variants that the paper places in the POLE-score 3 / uncertain tier rather than the pathogenic tier: p.A465V, p.L424V, p.T278M, and p.A428T. This captures hotspot/domain context without promoting them to the paper's pathogenic set.
Evidence considered
- León-Castillo et al. 2020 custom POLE framework: PM1_Strong is restricted to p.P286R, p.V411L, p.S297F, p.A456P, and p.S459F; p.E767K is not listed.
- León-Castillo et al. 2020 custom POLE framework: PM1_Moderate is restricted to p.F367S, p.L424I, p.M295R, p.P436R, p.M444K, and p.D368Y; p.E767K is not listed.
- León-Castillo et al. 2020 custom POLE framework: PM1_Supporting is restricted to p.A465V, p.L424V, p.T278M, and p.A428T; p.E767K is not listed.
- PATH-250-323.pdf: searches for c.2299G>A, p.Glu767Lys, and p.E767K found no matching entry.
- PATH-250-323-s002.xlsx, Supplementary Table S1: searches for c.2299G>A, p.Glu767Lys, and p.E767K found no matching entry.
- PATH-250-323-s001.tif: full text unavailable because the supplementary figure could not be converted.
Still missing
- No entry for c.2299G>A, p.Glu767Lys, or p.E767K was found in PATH-250-323.pdf.
- No entry for c.2299G>A, p.Glu767Lys, or p.E767K was found in PATH-250-323-s002.xlsx.
- PATH-250-323-s001.tif was searched only for available converted text; full text is unavailable because the file could not be converted, so visual confirmation remains a gap.
Sources
vcep_path_250_323vcep_path_250_323_s002vcep_path_250_323_s001