ATM encodes a kinase that acts as a master controller of the cellular DNA damage response: it detects double-strand breaks and coordinates DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, or apoptosis through downstream targets including p53, BRCA1, and CHK2. Loss-of-function mutations in both copies of ATM cause ataxia telangiectasia, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neurological problems, immune deficiency, and cancer predisposition. ATM functions as a tumor suppressor: individuals with ataxia telangiectasia are prone to childhood lymphomas, leukemias, and breast cancer, while carriers of a single altered copy have increased risk of breast, pancreatic, prostate, and other cancers. Somatic ATM mutations also occur in lymphoid malignancies and solid tumors, and ATM-deficient cancers are often especially sensitive to DNA-damaging treatments.
This variant
ATM encodes a DNA-damage-response kinase and tumor suppressor whose inherited loss-of-function variation is relevant to ataxia-telangiectasia and cancer predisposition.
Transcript
NM_000051.4
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_000051.4:c.5937A>G
GRCh38
chr11:108312429 A>G
GRCh37
chr11:108183156 A>G
Likely Benign: BS3 (supporting) and BP7 (supporting) satisfy ATM VCEP Version 1.6 Rule19; PM2 and PP3 are additionally applied at supporting strength.
Classification rationale
PM2PP3BS3BP7Likely Benign
ATM c.5937A>Gsynonymous · exon 40
Likely Benign: BS3 supporting reflects high-confidence functional data classifying c.5937A>G as Functional. Likely Benign: BP7 supporting applies because c.5937A>G is synonymous. Supporting evidence: PM2 reflects absence from available gnomAD datasets. Supporting evidence: PP3 reflects a SpliceAI maximum delta of 0.247.
PM2 + PP3 + BS3 + BP7→Likely Benign
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Gene diagram
· NM_000051.4 · variants mapped to exon structure
ATMNM_000051.4
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Variants mapped
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Source
UCSC ncbiRefSeqCurated
All variants in ATM—click a row to locate it on the plot · use the link column to open its page
Protein
Location
Classification
Link
Applied criteria · 4 applied · 9 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 · 4
Strength Supporting Moderate Strong Very strong
✓
PM2supportingPathogenic
Met at Supporting: variant absent from gnomAD v2.1/v4.1 and non-cancer subsets, satisfying ATM VCEP's ≤0.001% highest-subpopulation frequency rule.
ATM VCEP version 1.6 defines PM2 Supporting as frequency ≤0.001% in the gnomAD subpopulation with the highest frequency; it also permits the criterion when a variant is absent.The variant is reported absent from gnomAD v2.1 and gnomAD v4.1, and absent from the available gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer and gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer datasets.The available population observations therefore support an allele frequency of 0 in these datasets, below the VCEP threshold.
Met at supporting: SpliceAI maximum delta 0.247 meets the ATM VCEP PP3 threshold of >=0.2 for predicted splice impact.
ATM VCEP version 1.6 specifies PP3 supporting for silent variants with predicted splice impact by SpliceAI >=0.2.SpliceAI for NM_000051.4:c.5937A>G reports DS_AG 0.002, DS_AL 0.247, DS_DG 0.000, and DS_DL 0.157; the maximum delta is 0.247.The searched ATM VCEP file Suppl_TableS1_PMID 40580951.xlsx contains the exact c.5937A>G row but does not pre-assign PP3 or BP4 and has NA predictor fields for this synonymous row.
Met, Supporting: direct prime-editing data classify c.5937A>G as Functional with high confidence, but VCEP acceptance of this non-approved assay requires human review.
ATM VCEP BS3: use Moderate when a variant rescues both an ATM-specific feature and radiosensitivity, and Supporting when it rescues either an ATM-specific feature or radiosensitivity.Table S1 row 18967 for c.5937A>G / E1979E reports Variant_consequence=Synonymous, Combined_score=0.119400150926129, Classification=Functional, Confidence=High, and DeepATM_predicted=No.DeepATM_predicted=No indicates that the Table S1 classification is based on the underlying prime-editing saturation genome-editing measurement rather than a computational extrapolation.
Met at supporting: ATM VCEP v1.6 assigns BP7 supporting to synonymous variants, and this variant is c.5937A>G (p.Glu1979=).
ATM VCEP version 1.6 specifies BP7 supporting for synonymous variants and states that BP7 is not considered conflicting evidence against a body of evidence supporting a pathogenic splice defect.NM_000051.4:c.5937A>G is annotated as synonymous, producing NP_000042.3:p.(Glu1979=).No variant-specific RNA evidence demonstrating lack of an aberrant splice defect was present, so BP7(RNA) was not assigned at a stronger variable strength.
Assessed · not applied
· 4 not met · 5 not assessed
Pathogenic
PS1Not assessed: SpliceAI max delta 0.247 exceeds the 0.2 splice-impact threshold, but no matching pathogenic reference event was found for the VCEP PS1 comparison.
PS3Not met: Table S1 classifies c.5937A>G as Functional with high confidence, not as a loss-of-function result qualifying for ATM PS3.
PS4Not assessed: no variant-specific case-control study, p-value, odds ratio, relative risk, hazard ratio, or confidence interval is available.
PM3Not assessed: no affected-proband, homozygous, second-allele, or phase observation was available to assign the VCEP's PM3 points.
PP1Not assessed: no affected-relative segregation, parental testing, or meiosis count is documented for applying the ATM VCEP PP1 thresholds.
Benign
BA1Not met: gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1 report the variant as absent, not a group maximum filtering allele frequency above 0.5%.
BS1Not met: gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1 report the variant as absent, not a group maximum filtering allele frequency above 0.05%.
BP2Not assessed: no unaffected adult co-occurrence with a pathogenic ATM allele or phase evidence was available to assign the VCEP's BP2 points.
BP4Not met: SpliceAI maximum delta 0.247 exceeds the ATM VCEP BP4 no-impact threshold of <=0.1.
Each card is an audit: what was searched, what was found, whether it names the variant, which criteria it fed, and why. 6 further PMIDs triaged but not cited — see Sources & references.
Structured finding pending for this record — see source link.
Applied to
→BS3
supporting
The direct Functional/High/No result supports retained function and is the basis for tentative BS3_Supporting, pending VCEP acceptance of the assay.
Sources & reference links
9Sources
CSpec VCEP
ClinVar
gnomAD v2.1
gnomAD v4.1
gnomAD-Canada
SpliceAI
OncoKB
COSMIC
Cancer hotspots
Triaged references · 6 PMIDs not cited in assessment
24366402 ↗Summaries for patients. Assessing the genetic risk for BRCA-related breast or ovarian cancer in women: recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.CLINVAR
24418350 ↗EFNS/ENS Consensus on the diagnosis and management of chronic ataxias in adulthood.CLINVAR
31429903 ↗Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.CLINVAR
34012068 ↗ACMG SF v3.0 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing: a policy statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).CLINVAR
28492532 ↗Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification criteria.CLINVAR