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MLH1 c.2041G>A · p.Ala681Thr
MLH1

NM_000249.4:c.2041G>A (p.Ala681Thr) is a missense variant in exon 18 of MLH1.

Gene
MLH1
Transcript
NM_000249.4
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_000249.4:c.2041G>A
Consequence
N/A
GRCh38
chr3:37048955 G>A
GRCh37
chr3:37090446 G>A
Basis ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specifications to the ACMG/AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines for MLH1 Version 2.0.0 v2.0.0 criteria-combination framework: matched Rule31 (Benign.Supporting >=1 + Pathogenic.Supporting >=1) with applied criteria: PM2 supporting, PP5 supporting, BP4 supporting benign; maps to Uncertain Significance - Conflicting Evidence.
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specifications to the ACMG/AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines for MLH1 Version 2.0.0 v2.0.0 criteria-combination framework: matched Rule31 (Benign.Supporting >=1 + Pathogenic.Supporting >=1) with applied criteria: PM2 supporting, PP5 supporting, BP4 supporting benign; maps to Uncertain Significance - Conflicting Evidence.
Classification rationale
PM2PP5 BP4 Uncertain Significance - Conflicting Evidence
MLH1 c.2041G>A

NM_000249.4:c.2041G>A (p.Ala681Thr) is a missense variant in exon 18 of MLH1. This variant is extremely rare in population databases, with 3 alleles observed in 1,614,098 individuals in gnomAD v4.1 (AF=1.86e-06; grpmax FAF=2.8e-07), meeting PM2_Supporting per VCEP threshold.1 Computational prediction using the MLH1-specific HCI prior yields a pathogenicity probability of 0.0273, meeting BP4_Supporting (<0.11) per VCEP specifications.2 SpliceAI predicts no splicing impact (max delta score = 0.01).3 ClinVar reports this variant as Pathogenic, reviewed by the InSiGHT expert panel, with 17 clinical laboratories classifying as Pathogenic and 3 as Likely pathogenic.4 The VCEP functional assay spreadsheet does not include this variant; calibrated functional odds for pathogenicity are not available for PS3 adjudication.5 Two other missense variants at residue A681, c.2041G>C (p.Ala681Pro) and c.2042C>T (p.Ala681Val), are classified as Uncertain significance by the InSiGHT VCEP pilot, so PM5 cannot be applied.6 Under the VCEP combination rules, 1 pathogenic supporting criterion (PM2_Supporting) plus 1 benign supporting criterion (BP4_Supporting) yields Uncertain Significance — Conflicting Evidence (Rule31). However, the InSiGHT expert panel has classified this variant as Pathogenic in ClinVar, indicating that additional evidence (functional, segregation, and/or tumor data) not independently verifiable in this assessment was available to the panel.7

PM2 + PP5 + BP4 Uncertain Significance - Conflicting Evidence
2 hci_prior
5 vcep_functional_assay_svi_documentation_mmr
6 vcep_vcep_pilot_variants_mmr
Gene diagram · NM_000249.4 · variants mapped to exon structure
MLH1 NM_000249.4
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Applied criteria · 3 met · select any tile
Met
Not met
Not assessed
N/A
Strength very strong supporting
Pathogenic evidence
PVS
PS
PM
PP
Benign evidence
BA
BS
BP
Rationale
Select a criterion.
Sources
Evidence used
    Gaps remaining
      Rule
      Research & evidence
      Population frequency
      gnomAD v4.1 screenshot
      gnomAD v4.1
      gnomAD v2.1 screenshot
      gnomAD v2.1
      v4.1
      This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 1.85862e-06; MAF= 0.00019%, 3/1614098 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the Admixed American population (AF= 1.66644e-05; MAF= 0.00167%, 1/60008 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 2.8e-07.
      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
      0.00019% · 3 / 1,614,098
      0 hom · FAF 2.8e-05%
      Admixed American
      1 / 60,008
      0.0017%
      European (non-Finnish)
      2 / 1,179,974
      0.00017%
      + 8 not observed (Remaining individuals, European (Finnish), Amish, East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Ashkenazi Jewish, African/African American)
      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 has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (17 clinical laboratories) and as Likely pathogenic (3 clinical laboratories) and as Pathogenic by International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT) (expert panel). (ClinVarID = 17099)
      SpliceAI screenshot
      In silico
      SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.01). REVEL score = 0.831. BayesDel score = 0.470252. HCI prior probability for pathogenicity = 0.0273. MAPP score = 8.22. Custom PP2 score = 0.198.
      Functional / OncoKB screenshot
      Functional Inconclusive
      OncoKB identified variant-specific curated literature and context relevant to functional review; biological-effect context: Inconclusive; curated oncogenicity label: Inconclusive.
      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
      9Sources
      CSpec VCEP
      ClinVar
      gnomAD v2.1
      gnomAD v4.1
      gnomAD-Canada
      SpliceAI
      OncoKB
      COSMIC
      Cancer hotspots
      Triaged references · 5 PMIDs not cited in assessment
      16083711 ↗ Functional significance and clinical phenotype of nontruncating mismatch repair variants of MLH1. ONCOKB
      18033691 ↗ Classification of ambiguous mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes identified in a population-based study of colorectal cancer. ONCOKB
      21120944 ↗ Verification of the three-step model in assessing the pathogenicity of mismatch repair gene variants. ONCOKB
      21642682 ↗ Cancer risks associated with germline mutations in MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6 genes in Lynch syndrome. ONCOKB
      23403630 ↗ Expression defect size among unclassified MLH1 variants determines pathogenicity in Lynch syndrome diagnosis. ONCOKB