The IDH2 NM_002168.4:c.515G>A (NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys)) missense variant has previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV57468734, n = 467 times), and lies in a statistically significant hotspot (cancerhotspots.org). Experimental evidence: IDH2-R172K produced approximately 100-fold more intracellular 2HG than vector or wild-type controls and showed concordant biochemical, cellular, and mouse-model effects. Based on available guidelines, this variant is considered to be Likely Pathogenic.
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About IDH2
IDH2 encodes a mitochondrial NADP(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to 2-oxoglutarate (alpha-ketoglutarate) in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, where it supports cell metabolism and energy production. Cancer-associated alterations in its catalytic site confer a gain-of-function neomorphic activity that converts alpha-ketoglutarate into the oncometabolite D-2-hydroxyglutarate, which promotes tumor development by inhibiting enzymes involved in DNA and histone demethylation, adaptation to hypoxia, and collagen maturation. As an oncogene, IDH2 is associated with hematologic malignancies, particularly acute myeloid leukemia, as well as solid tumors such as gliomas and cholangiocarcinomas.
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01The reasoning
How it was classified
The recorded framework is Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 with ClinGen SVI recommendations. The criteria and strengths shown below come from the saved assessment; this page does not recalculate the classification.
Recorded applied criteria
The applied criteria and their strengths are shown as assessed under the stated framework.
Met: IDH2-R172K produced approximately 100-fold more intracellular 2HG than vector or wild-type controls and showed concordant biochemical, cellular, and mouse-model effects.
PM1Moderate
PM1 · moderate
Met: IDH2 Arg172 is a recurrent hotspot, with the exact variant reported 467 times in COSMIC and identified in a statistically significant hotspot.
PM2Supporting
PM2 · supporting
Met at supporting: gnomAD v4.1 total AF is 6.19e-07 (1/1,614,246 alleles), below the <=0.0001 PM2 threshold, with zero homozygotes.
PP3Supporting
PP3 · supporting
Met at supporting strength: REVEL 0.733 meets the generic PP3 threshold of >=0.644 for this missense variant.
Benign criteria applied · 0
No benign criterion marked as applied in the recorded assessment.
Recorded classification: Likely pathogenic
Likely Pathogenic: PS3 strong plus PM1 moderate, PM2 supporting, and PP3 supporting satisfy the generic ACMG/AMP combination rule.
02The sources
Evidence at a glance
Evidence summaries and captured source records, where available. Missing entries should not be interpreted as negative findings.
gnomAD v4.1
gnomAD v2.1
Population frequency
1 / 1,614,246 alleles
gnomAD v4.1: 1 / 1,614,246 alleles. Recorded AF 6.19484e-07. Recorded homozygote count 0.
ACMG/AMP criteria under Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 with ClinGen SVI recommendations, with the data and sources behind each one.
28 criteria with recorded statuses: 4 met · 9 not met · 11 not assessed · 4 not applicable. Open any row for the full reasoning, the rule and the evidence behind it.
Generic ACMG/AMP rules govern because no VCEP covers IDH2.
The codon/residue evidence supports PM1 through the recurrent Arg172 mutational hotspot, while PS1 and PM5 are not met because established pathogenic comparator classifications are absent.
PP2 is not assessed because the required gene-wide benign-missense and germline disease-mechanism evidence is unavailable; BP1 is not met because the available evidence supports recurrent missense gain-of-function rather than primarily truncating disease.
No other ACMG/AMP criteria were adjudicated.
PS2 and PM6 are not assessed because no proband-specific de novo or assumed-de-novo observation with relevant parental and family-history information is documented.
PP1 and BS4 are not assessed because no family pedigree, informative meioses, affected-relative genotypes, or segregation results are documented.
The available variant-specific publications describe somatic IDH2 R172K cancer observations and functional studies rather than germline segregation or de novo evidence.
The exact IDH2 p.Arg172Lys variant has reproducible, biologically relevant functional evidence supporting a damaging neomorphic effect; PS3 is applied at strong strength and BS3 is not applied.
No VCEP covers IDH2 in this case; generic ACMG/AMP 2015 rules govern.
PS4 was not assessed because no verified exact-variant case-control counts or case frequency with controls were available to calculate OR and 95% CI.
PP5 and BP6 were restricted to exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel classifications; none is present.
PP4 and BP5 lack the required phenotype/family-history and alternate-molecular-basis evidence, respectively.
No criteria match.
Met · 4
PS3StrongACMG_2015Met: IDH2-R172K produced approximately 100-fold more intracellular 2HG than vector or wild-type controls and showed concordant biochemical, cellular, and mouse-model effects.
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PS3 is met at strong strength. Two independent, variant-specific studies provide convergent functional evidence for IDH2 p.Arg172Lys (NM_002168.4:c.515G>A). Ward et al. (PMID:20171147) compared wild-type and R172K IDH2 in cultured cells using cell-lysate NADPH activity assays and quantified intracellular and extracellular 2HG by GC-MS, including chiral GC-MS; R172K increased alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent NADPH consumption, produced approximately 100-fold more intracellular 2HG than vector or wild-type controls, and generated the R enantiomer. The same study detected the biochemical phenotype in leukemic cells bearing heterozygous R172K, with every examined AML sample showing a 2HG signal at least 30% of the intrasample glutamate signal. Saha et al. (PMID:25043045) independently evaluated IDH2-R172K in mouse embryonic hepatoblasts and inducible/conditional mouse models with vector and wild-type controls, showing increased 2HG, impaired hepatocyte differentiation, persistence of progenitor-like cells after liver injury, and cooperation with KrasG12D in cholangiocarcinoma-like tumor development. The variant-specific controls, orthogonal biochemical and cellular readouts, in vivo model replication, and biologically relevant neomorphic IDH2 mechanism satisfy the well-established functional-study definition.
Rule
Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies supportive of a damaging effect on the gene or gene product.
Evidence considered
Ward et al. 2010 (PMID:20171147), Results: IDH2 R172K increased alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent NADPH consumption and caused approximately 100-fold higher intracellular 2HG than vector-transfected or wild-type IDH2 controls; chiral GC-MS identified the R enantiomer.
Ward et al. 2010 (PMID:20171147), AML sample analysis: every examined leukemic sample bearing heterozygous IDH2 R172K showed a 2HG signal at least 30% of the intrasample glutamate signal.
Saha et al. 2014 (PMID:25043045), functional and in vivo models: IDH2-R172K increased 2HG, impaired hepatocyte differentiation, persisted as progenitor-like cells after liver injury, and cooperated with KrasG12D in cholangiocarcinoma-like tumor development.
The studies directly examined the exact p.Arg172Lys variant corresponding to NM_002168.4:c.515G>A and used wild-type, vector, or control-model comparisons with orthogonal biochemical, cellular, histologic, and gene-expression readouts.
PM1ModerateACMG_2015Met: IDH2 Arg172 is a recurrent hotspot, with the exact variant reported 467 times in COSMIC and identified in a statistically significant hotspot.
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The variant is p.Arg172Lys at IDH2 residue 172. The case evidence identifies this variant as lying in a statistically significant Cancer Hotspots hotspot, and COSMIC reports the same somatic variant 467 times. PMID:21326614 independently describes IDH2 R172 as a recurrent hotspot codon and reports recurrent R172K, R172M, and R172G cancer-derived substitutions. Under generic ACMG/AMP, these observations satisfy the mutational-hotspot route to PM1; no VCEP domain table or VCEP-limited region applies.
Rule
Located in a mutational hot spot and/or critical and well-established functional domain (e.g. active site of an enzyme) without benign variation.
Evidence considered
Cancer Hotspots evidence states that the variant lies in a statistically significant hotspot.
COSMIC reports IDH2 p.R172K as COSV57468734 with a somatic count of 467.
PMID:21326614 states that IDH2 mutations in glioma are specific for R172 and identifies R172K, R172M, and R172G as observed substitutions; the study describes R172 as a hotspot codon.
vcep_materials.json has no VCEP for IDH2 and an empty domain_tables object, so generic ACMG/AMP PM1 governs without a VCEP-specific region restriction.
PM2SupportingACMGMet at supporting: gnomAD v4.1 total AF is 6.19e-07 (1/1,614,246 alleles), below the <=0.0001 PM2 threshold, with zero homozygotes.
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PM2 is met at supporting strength under the supplied generic SVI threshold. The variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1, including the reported non-cancer subset, and is present only once in gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: 1/1,614,246 alleles, total AF 6.19484266958072e-07, with zero homozygotes. This AF is below the supplied PM2 supporting threshold of <=0.0001. No VCEP or disease-specific population source governs this gene, so the default all-comers source is used; the single Ashkenazi Jewish observation is also far below the PM2 threshold and is not used to claim absence.
Rule
PM2 (supporting): <= 0.0001 — SVI recommendation to downgrade PM2 to Supporting (ClinGen SVI 2020) (PMID:25741868)
Evidence considered
gnomAD v2.1 all-comers: variant absent; the reported gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer subset is also absent.
gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: 1/1,614,246 alleles, AF 6.19484266958072e-07, homozygotes 0; the AF is below the supplied <=0.0001 PM2 supporting threshold.
No VCEP covers IDH2 in this case, so no governing non-cancer or exome-only VCEP population source supersedes the generic all-comers default.
PP3SupportingACMGMet at supporting strength: REVEL 0.733 meets the generic PP3 threshold of >=0.644 for this missense variant.
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NM_002168.4:c.515G>A is a missense variant producing p.(Arg172Lys), so the governing generic rule selects the REVEL path exclusively; SpliceAI and BayesDel are not used. REVEL is 0.733, which meets the supplied generic PP3 supporting threshold of >= 0.644 (ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration, Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997).
Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc.) ... PP3 (supporting): >= 0.644 — ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet) (PMID:36413997)
Evidence considered
Variant consequence: missense, NM_002168.4:c.515G>A, p.(Arg172Lys); therefore REVEL is the sole applicable computational path.
Local REVEL lookup reports score 0.733 for NC_000015.10:g.90088606C>T / NM_002168.4:c.515G>A.
Generic PP3 supporting threshold: REVEL >= 0.644, from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997). SpliceAI and BayesDel were not counted.
Sources
revel
Not met · 9 · evaluated, threshold not reached
PS1ACMG_2015Not met: R172K is reported in cancer studies, but no previously established pathogenic classification is documented for this exact amino-acid change.
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The variant is NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys) (NM_002168.4:c.515G>A). PMID:20171147 directly reports IDH2 R172K in an AML sample and functional assays, and PMID:25043045 studies IDH2-R172K in experimental models, but neither establishes this variant as a previously established pathogenic variant under generic germline ACMG/AMP criteria. ClinVar records the exact variant as somatic oncogenic/risk factor without an expert-panel pathogenic assertion. Therefore, the required prior established pathogenic same-amino-acid observation is not met.
Rule
Same amino acid change as a previously established pathogenic variant regardless of nucleotide change.
Evidence considered
The normalized variant is NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys), corresponding to NM_002168.4:c.515G>A.
PMID:20171147 explicitly reports an IDH2 R172K mutation in an AML sample and describes functional effects, but does not establish a generic ACMG pathogenic classification.
PMID:25043045 explicitly studies IDH2-R172K in mouse hepatoblast and tumor models, but reports experimental mechanistic findings rather than a pathogenic variant classification.
ClinVar variation 375987 records the exact variant with somatic oncogenic/risk-factor submissions, no expert-panel review, and no established pathogenic assertion.
PM5ACMG_2015Not met: R172M and R172G are reported at the same residue, but neither is established as pathogenic under generic ACMG/AMP evidence.
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The variant is p.Arg172Lys. PMID:21326614 documents other cancer-derived substitutions at residue 172, including R172M and R172G, but describes them as somatic cancer mutations and does not establish either as a pathogenic variant under generic ACMG/AMP criteria. The case's comparator review found no established pathogenic same-residue comparator. Accordingly, the required different missense change at the same residue determined to be pathogenic is not met.
Rule
Novel missense change at an amino acid residue where a different missense change determined to be pathogenic has been seen before.
Evidence considered
PMID:21326614 reports recurrent IDH2 R172K, R172M, and R172G cancer-derived substitutions, but does not classify R172M or R172G as pathogenic.
pm5_candidates.json contains zero same-residue candidates and zero expert-panel or non-expert majority pathogenic/likely pathogenic candidates.
The exact variant's ClinVar submissions are somatic oncogenic/risk-factor records without an expert-panel pathogenic assertion; they cannot establish the required pathogenic comparator.
PP5ACMG_2015Not met: ClinVar shows no exact-variant expert-panel Pathogenic or Likely pathogenic classification, and the proposed paper does not mention IDH2 c.515G>A.
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The governing rule is: "Reputable source recently reports variant as pathogenic, but the evidence is not available to the laboratory to perform an independent evaluation." The exact-variant ClinVar record is NM_002168.4(IDH2):c.515G>A (p.Arg172Lys), classified as risk factor with no assertion criteria provided and zero expert-panel submissions. Its sole audited submission is non-expert and not usable for criterion leads. The literature_pass PS4/PP5 lead, PMID:34131312, was verified not to mention IDH2 c.515G>A or p.(R172K). No exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel Pathogenic or Likely pathogenic classification is present; PP5 is not met.
Rule
Reputable source recently reports variant as pathogenic, but the evidence is not available to the laboratory to perform an independent evaluation.
Evidence considered
ClinVar exact-match audit for NM_002168.4:c.515G>A (p.Arg172Lys): overall classification risk factor, review status no assertion criteria provided, expert-panel submissions 0; the only submission is SCV002047544, a non-expert risk-factor submission without criteria.
PMID:34131312 was the literature_pass PP5 lead, but its full-text extraction states that the paper does not mention IDH2, c.515G>A, or p.(R172K).
BA1ACMGNot met: gnomAD v4.1 total AF is 6.19e-07, far below the >=0.05 BA1 threshold, with no qualifying grpmax FAF above threshold.
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BA1 is not met. The default all-comers gnomAD v4.1 record shows 1/1,614,246 alleles, total AF 6.19484266958072e-07, and zero homozygotes; the highest observed subpopulation point estimate is 1/29,606 (3.377693710734311e-05) in Ashkenazi Jewish individuals, whose observed allele count is below the required 2,000-allele population threshold. The record supplies no grpmax FAF, and no frequency is near the >=0.05 BA1 threshold. The variant is also absent from gnomAD v2.1 and its non-cancer subset, so there is no qualifying population-frequency basis for a stand-alone benign call.
gnomAD v4.1: 1 alternate allele among 1,614,246 total alleles; total AF 6.19484266958072e-07; homozygotes 0; grpmax FAF not reported.
gnomAD v4.1 Ashkenazi Jewish subgroup: 1/29,606 alleles, AF 3.377693710734311e-05; this subgroup has fewer than 2,000 observed alleles and therefore cannot qualify as the required filtering population for BA1/BS1.
gnomAD v2.1 all-comers and non-cancer records report the variant as absent.
BS1ACMGNot met: gnomAD v4.1 total AF is 6.19e-07, far below the generic >=0.01 BS1 default, with no qualifying elevated grpmax FAF.
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BS1 is not met. The default all-comers gnomAD v4.1 frequency is 6.19484266958072e-07 (1/1,614,246 alleles), far below the generic 0.01 default, and the only nonzero subgroup observation is an unqualified Ashkenazi Jewish point estimate of 3.377693710734311e-05 from 29,606 observed alleles. No grpmax FAF is reported, no qualifying population has an elevated filtering AF, and the available data do not show an allele frequency greater than expected for the disorder. A disorder-specific maximum-credible-frequency calculation is therefore unnecessary to reject this low-frequency BS1 path; prevalence, penetrance, and allelic heterogeneity cannot convert this frequency into BS1.
Rule
BS1 (strong): >= 0.01 — Generic SVI default; per-gene derivation preferred (Whiffin et al. 2017) (PMID:28518168)
Evidence considered
gnomAD v4.1: total AF 6.19484266958072e-07 from 1/1,614,246 alleles; grpmax FAF is not reported.
The highest observed subgroup point estimate is Ashkenazi Jewish AF 3.377693710734311e-05 from 1/29,606 alleles, which is not a qualifying >=2,000-observed-allele grpmax FAF result.
The generic BS1 default supplied for this case is >=0.01; the observed all-comers AF is approximately 16,000-fold lower than that default.
Whiffin et al. 2017 (PMID:28518168) is the cited framework for disorder-specific maximum credible allele-frequency reasoning, but no elevated frequency requiring such a calculation is present here.
BS3ACMG_2015Not met: variant-specific studies showed approximately 100-fold increased intracellular 2HG and impaired differentiation rather than preserved protein function or splicing.
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BS3 is not met. The available variant-specific functional studies do not show no damaging effect on protein function or splicing; instead, they demonstrate abnormal IDH2-R172K neomorphic activity. The studies report increased alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent NADPH consumption, approximately 100-fold increased intracellular 2HG, production of R-2HG, impaired hepatocyte differentiation, and disease-relevant effects in mouse models compared with vector or wild-type controls. No validated assay demonstrating preserved IDH2 function or normal splicing for this variant was identified.
Rule
Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies show no damaging effect on protein function or splicing.
Evidence considered
Ward et al. 2010 (PMID:20171147), variant-specific biochemical assays showed abnormal IDH2-R172K activity and approximately 100-fold increased intracellular 2HG relative to vector or wild-type controls.
Saha et al. 2014 (PMID:25043045), variant-specific hepatoblast and mouse-model experiments showed increased 2HG and impaired hepatocyte differentiation, with additional disease-relevant effects.
These findings are inconsistent with a BS3 conclusion that well-established functional studies show no damaging effect on protein function or splicing.
BP1ACMG_2015Not met: the available IDH2 evidence emphasizes recurrent Arg172 missense gain-of-function mutations, not a disease mechanism primarily caused by truncating variants.
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The available evidence does not show that IDH2-related disease is caused primarily by truncating variants. Instead, the directly reviewed IDH2 literature describes recurrent missense substitutions at the Arg172 hotspot with neomorphic gain-of-function activity, including R172K, R172M, and R172G. This is inconsistent with the BP1 premise that disease is primarily caused by truncating variants, so BP1 is not met.
Rule
Missense variant in a gene for which primarily truncating variants are known to cause disease.
Evidence considered
PMID:20171147 reports IDH2 R172K and demonstrates neomorphic 2HG-producing activity in cell-based assays.
PMID:21326614 reports recurrent IDH2 R172 missense substitutions and concludes that shared gain of enzymatic 2HG-producing activity is important in cancer pathogenesis.
No source in the case evidence establishes a disease context in which truncating IDH2 variants are the primary known cause.
BP4ACMGNot met: REVEL 0.733 is above the generic BP4 supporting threshold of <=0.29 for this missense variant.
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NM_002168.4:c.515G>A is a missense variant, so the governing generic rule selects REVEL exclusively; SpliceAI cannot substitute for a non-benign REVEL result, and BayesDel has no generic ACMG-strength calibration. REVEL is 0.733, above the generic BP4 supporting threshold of <= 0.29 (ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration, Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997), so BP4 is not met.
Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence suggest no impact on gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc) ... BP4 (supporting): <= 0.29 — ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet) (PMID:36413997)
Evidence considered
Variant consequence: missense, NM_002168.4:c.515G>A, p.(Arg172Lys); therefore REVEL is the sole applicable computational path.
Local REVEL lookup reports score 0.733 for NC_000015.10:g.90088606C>T / NM_002168.4:c.515G>A.
Generic BP4 supporting threshold: REVEL <= 0.29, from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997); 0.733 does not meet it. The available SpliceAI max delta 0.027 was not used because this is a missense variant, and BayesDel is not generically calibrated for this criterion.
Sources
revel
BP6ACMG_2015Not met: ClinVar contains no exact-variant expert-panel Benign or Likely benign classification for IDH2 c.515G>A.
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The governing rule is: "Reputable source recently reports variant as benign, but the evidence is not available to the laboratory to perform an independent evaluation." The exact-variant ClinVar record is classified as risk factor with no assertion criteria provided, has zero expert-panel submissions, and contains no expert-panel Benign or Likely benign classification. The available ClinVar submission is non-expert and does not report benign significance. BP6 is not met.
Rule
Reputable source recently reports variant as benign, but the evidence is not available to the laboratory to perform an independent evaluation.
Evidence considered
ClinVar exact-match audit for NM_002168.4:c.515G>A (p.Arg172Lys): classification risk factor, no assertion criteria provided, expert-panel submissions 0, and no Benign or Likely benign expert-panel assertion; the sole submission is non-expert.
PS2ACMG_2015Not assessed: no documented de novo observation with confirmed maternity and paternity or an established absence of family history.
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No documented proband-level de novo observation is available, and there is no evidence of confirmed maternity and paternity, parental testing, or absence of a family history. The PS2 definition therefore cannot be evaluated.
Rule
De novo (both maternity and paternity confirmed) in a patient with the disease and no family history.
Evidence considered
No proband-specific de novo result, parental genotype, maternity confirmation, paternity confirmation, or family-history assessment was documented in the available case evidence.
The available literature extracts concern somatic IDH2 R172K observations and functional studies, not a germline de novo family study.
Still missing
Proband phenotype and disease diagnosis
Parental testing results
Confirmed maternity and paternity
Family history status
PS4ACMG_2015Not assessed: no affected-case versus control counts or case frequency were available to calculate the required OR >5.0 and 95% CI excluding 1.0.
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The governing rule is: "The prevalence of the variant in affected individuals is significantly increased compared to the prevalence in controls. Note 1: Relative risk (RR) or odds ratio (OR), as obtained from case-control studies, is >5.0 and the confidence interval around the estimate of RR or OR does not include 1.0." The literature_pass.json criteria index listed PMID:34131312 for PS4, but its full-text extraction states that the paper does not mention IDH2, c.515G>A, or p.(R172K), so it provides no case-control evidence. PMID:20171147 reports IDH2 R172K in one AML sample but provides no affected-case versus unaffected/population-control counts for this variant. gnomAD v4.1 reports 1/1,614,246 alleles overall, but no matched case frequency is available; therefore an OR and 95% CI cannot be computed. The required numeric comparison is OR > 5.0 with a 95% CI excluding 1.0, but no OR/CI is available, so PS4 cannot be assessed.
Rule
The prevalence of the variant in affected individuals is significantly increased compared to the prevalence in controls. ... Relative risk (RR) or odds ratio (OR), as obtained from case-control studies, is >5.0 and the confidence interval around the estimate of RR or OR does not include 1.0.
Evidence considered
PMID:20171147, Introduction and Results: reports "we found an IDH2 R172K mutation in an AML sample obtained from a 77 year old female"; the extracted study describes a patient sample and functional assays but no unaffected or population control comparison for this exact variant.
PMID:34131312, Limitations of CMA: "Duplications and deletions below the detection level according to probe coverage and performance, single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) or insertions/deletions (indels) not covered by the platform, gene expression, or epigenetic modifications." The extraction searched IDH2 c.515G>A and p.(R172K) and found no mention of the variant.
gnomAD v4.1: 1/1,614,246 alleles overall (AF 6.19484266958072e-07), with no affected-case frequency supplied; this population count alone cannot yield the required OR and 95% CI.
Still missing
A case-control study or equivalent affected-case and matched-control counts for IDH2 c.515G>A are needed to calculate OR and its 95% CI.
PM3ACMG_2015Not assessed: no recessive inheritance, pathogenic second allele, or parental/offspring phase testing is documented for this heterozygous somatic variant.
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PM3 cannot be assessed from the available evidence. IDH2 has no established recessive germline disorder or inheritance mode documented in this case, and the available variant-specific report describes a heterozygous somatic IDH2 R172K mutation in an AML sample without a pathogenic second allele, parental/offspring testing, or phase determination. Therefore, detection in trans with a pathogenic variant has not been established.
Rule
For recessive disorders, detected in trans with a pathogenic variant...This requires testing of parents (or offspring) to determine phase.
Evidence considered
ClinVar variation 375987 records this variant as a somatic submission with a risk-factor classification and no usable clinical assertion or phase information.
PMID:20171147 reports IDH2 R172K in an AML sample and describes leukemic cells bearing heterozygous R172K mutations, but reports no pathogenic second allele, parental/offspring testing, or trans phase.
No evidence in the reviewed case materials establishes a recessive germline IDH2 disorder or phase for NM_002168.4:c.515G>A (p.Arg172Lys).
Still missing
Establish the relevant germline disease and inheritance mode for IDH2.
Document an affected proband with a second pathogenic variant and demonstrate that the two variants are in trans by parental or offspring testing.
PM6ACMG_2015Not assessed: no documented assumed-de novo observation or parental testing establishes de novo status without confirmed maternity and paternity.
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No documented assumed-de novo observation is available. The case evidence does not provide parental testing, a negative family history, or other information establishing that the variant arose de novo without maternity and paternity confirmation.
Rule
Assumed de novo, but without confirmation of paternity and maternity.
Evidence considered
No proband-specific parental testing or assumed-de-novo statement was documented in the available case evidence.
The available literature extracts concern somatic IDH2 R172K observations and functional studies, not a germline de novo family study.
Still missing
Proband phenotype and disease diagnosis
Parental genotype results or an explicit assumed-de-novo report
Family history status
PP1ACMG_2015Not assessed: no affected family members, informative meioses, or variant segregation results are documented for co-segregation analysis.
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No affected relatives, informative meioses, segregation results, or family phenotype data are documented. Accordingly, co-segregation cannot be assessed, and no evidence supports applying PP1 at any strength.
Rule
Co-segregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease.
Evidence considered
No family pedigree, affected-relative testing, unaffected-relative testing, or segregation analysis was documented in the available case evidence.
The available literature extracts do not report familial segregation for NM_002168.4:c.515G>A (p.Arg172Lys).
Still missing
Family pedigree and affected-relative phenotypes
Genotypes of affected and unaffected relatives
Number of informative meioses
Evidence that the gene is definitively associated with the relevant disease
PP2ACMG_2015Not assessed: the case lacks gene-wide benign-missense and germline disease-mechanism data required to establish both PP2 components.
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The available case evidence establishes that IDH2 R172 missense mutations are recurrent in somatic cancers, but it does not provide a gene-wide assessment showing both a low rate of benign missense variation and that missense variants are a common mechanism of disease in the applicable germline disease context. A single rare gnomAD observation for this variant and cancer-focused functional literature are insufficient to apply both PP2 components. The criterion is therefore not assessed.
Rule
Missense variant in a gene that has a low rate of benign missense variation and where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease.
Evidence considered
gnomAD v4.1 reports the exact variant at AF 6.19484e-07 (1/1,614,246 alleles; no homozygotes), but this single-variant observation does not quantify the gene-wide benign missense rate.
PMID:20171147 and PMID:21326614 describe recurrent somatic IDH2 missense mutations and gain-of-function biology, but do not establish the required gene-wide germline PP2 mechanism and benign-variation components.
Still missing
Gene-wide evidence quantifying benign missense variation and confirming a common germline missense disease mechanism for IDH2.
PP4ACMG_2015Not assessed: no patient phenotype or family-history information was available to judge specificity for a disease with a single genetic etiology.
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The governing rule is: "Patient’s phenotype or family history is highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology." The case evidence identifies the variant and gene but supplies no patient phenotype, family history, or disease-specific clinical description from which high specificity for a single genetic etiology can be judged. PP4 therefore cannot be assessed.
Rule
Patient’s phenotype or family history is highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.
Still missing
A documented patient phenotype or family history and the relevant disease-specificity assessment are needed.
BS2ACMG_2015Not assessed: gnomAD reports zero homozygotes but does not document an unaffected healthy adult carrier or establish the required penetrance and age model.
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BS2 cannot be assessed from the available evidence. The population records report allele counts and homozygote counts, but they do not identify healthy adult carriers or establish that any carrier was an unaffected adult. No inheritance model, expected penetrance, or age-of-onset information for a germline IDH2 disorder is available in the population evidence, so the required healthy-adult observation cannot be inferred from gnomAD membership or from the absence of homozygotes.
Rule
Observed in a healthy adult individual for a recessive (homozygous), dominant (heterozygous), or X-linked (hemizygous) disorder, with full penetrance expected at an early age.
Evidence considered
gnomAD v4.1 reports zero homozygotes among 1,614,246 total alleles and one heterozygous allele, but provides no phenotype or age-of-onset information for that carrier.
gnomAD v2.1 reports the variant as absent; absence does not provide a healthy-adult observation.
Still missing
A documented healthy adult carrying the variant in the relevant zygosity is required.
The relevant germline disease inheritance model, penetrance, and expected age of onset are not established for this assessment.
BS4ACMG_2015Not assessed: no affected relatives lacking the variant are documented, so lack of segregation and the phenocopy caveat cannot be evaluated.
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No affected family members with documented absence of the variant are identified, and no pedigree, phenotype assessment, or segregation testing is available. Lack of segregation therefore cannot be established; the phenocopy and multilocus-family caveats also cannot be evaluated.
Rule
Lack of segregation in affected members of a family.
Evidence considered
No affected relative with a documented negative result for NM_002168.4:c.515G>A was reported in the available case evidence.
No family-level phenotype review was available to assess phenocopies or the possibility of more than one pathogenic variant contributing to an autosomal dominant disorder.
Still missing
Family pedigree and affected-relative phenotypes
Genotypes of affected relatives
Assessment for phenocopies
Assessment for more than one pathogenic variant in the family
BP2ACMG_2015Not assessed: no qualifying cis or trans pathogenic-variant observation is documented for this somatic IDH2 R172K variant.
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BP2 cannot be assessed from the available evidence. The case provides no documented observation of NM_002168.4:c.515G>A in trans with a pathogenic variant in a fully penetrant dominant germline disorder and no observation of this variant in cis with a pathogenic variant. The available variant-specific evidence is somatic cancer evidence and does not establish either qualifying allelic configuration.
Rule
Observed in trans with a pathogenic variant for a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder or observed in cis with a pathogenic variant in any inheritance pattern.
Evidence considered
ClinVar variation 375987 contains somatic submissions and does not provide a qualifying cis/trans allelic observation or phase data.
PMID:20171147 reports a heterozygous somatic IDH2 R172K mutation in AML but does not report a pathogenic variant in cis or trans or establish a fully penetrant dominant germline disorder.
No qualifying cis or trans pathogenic-variant configuration is documented in the reviewed case materials.
Still missing
Document whether the variant occurs in cis with a pathogenic variant or in trans with a pathogenic variant in a fully penetrant dominant germline disorder.
Provide phase testing and relevant affected-proband or inheritance data for any alleged allelic observation.
BP5ACMG_2015Not assessed: no case was documented with this variant and an alternate molecular basis for the relevant disease.
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The governing rule is: "Variant found in a case with an alternate molecular basis for disease." The available evidence does not document a case carrying IDH2 c.515G>A with an alternate molecular diagnosis or other alternate molecular basis for the relevant disease. Somatic cancer occurrence and functional observations do not establish the BP5 requirement. BP5 cannot be assessed.
Rule
Variant found in a case with an alternate molecular basis for disease.
Still missing
A documented case carrying IDH2 c.515G>A with an established alternate molecular basis for disease is needed.
Not applicable · 4· recorded as not applicableShow reasons ▾Hide reasons ▴PVS1N/ANot applicable: PVS1 requires a null variant (nonsense, frameshift, canonical splice, start-loss or stop-loss), and this is a missense variant.
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PVS1 (ClinGen SVI PVS1 recommendations, PMC6185798, pvs1_generic_framework) applies only to null variant classes — nonsense, frameshift, canonical ±1/2 splice-consensus, translation-initiation-codon loss, and stop-loss variants — each expected to trigger nonsense-mediated decay or otherwise abolish normal protein function. NM_002168.4:c.515G>A in IDH2 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys). As a result, no null-variant mechanism (nonsense-mediated decay, truncation, or canonical splice disruption) is triggered by this variant class, so PVS1's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers PVS1 for IDH2, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.
PM4N/ANot applicable: PM4 requires a protein-length change, and this is a missense variant.
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PM4 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) applies to protein length changes: in-frame insertions/deletions in a non-repetitive region, or stop-loss variants that extend the protein past the reference stop codon. NM_002168.4:c.515G>A in IDH2 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys). As a result, no change in protein length occurs, so there is nothing for this criterion to evaluate, so PM4's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers PM4 for IDH2, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.
BP3N/ANot applicable: BP3 requires an in-frame indel in a repeat region, and this is a missense variant.
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BP3 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) applies to in-frame insertions/deletions located in a repetitive region without a known function. NM_002168.4:c.515G>A in IDH2 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys). As a result, the variant does not alter protein length within a repeat region, so there is nothing for this criterion to evaluate, so BP3's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers BP3 for IDH2, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.
BP7N/ANot applicable: BP7 requires a synonymous variant, and this is a missense variant.
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BP7 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) is defined for a synonymous (silent) variant for which splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence and the nucleotide is not highly conserved. NM_002168.4:c.515G>A in IDH2 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys). As a result, the encoded protein sequence is altered, so the criterion's silent-variant premise does not hold regardless of any splicing prediction, so BP7's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers BP7 for IDH2, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_synonymous
Evidence considered
Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
VCEP criterion policy: absent
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generic_acmg_combination_rules
Identifiers
Gene
IDH2
Transcript
NM_002168.4
Coding (HGVS c.)
NM_002168.4:c.515G>A
Protein (HGVS p.)
NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys)
GRCh38
chr15:90088606 C>T
GRCh37
chr15:90631838 C>T
Location and type
Exon 4 · missense
ClinVar
375987
COSMIC
COSV57468734
Gene diagram
Every interpreted variant in IDH2, mapped onto the exon structure of NM_002168.4. Select a row to find it on the plot.
IDH2NM_002168.4
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UCSC ncbiRefSeqCurated
All variants in IDH2—Select a row to find it on the plot; use the link to open its page.
0 alternate alleles recorded in 9 other groups: Remaining individuals, Admixed American, European (Finnish), Amish, East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, African/African American, European (non-Finnish).
Statements
gnomAD v4.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 6.19484e-07; MAF= 0.00006%, 1/1614246 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the Ashkenazi Jewish population (AF= 3.37769e-05; MAF= 0.00338%, 1/29606 alleles, homozygotes = 0).
gnomAD v2.1
Absent from gnomAD v2.1.
gnomAD-Canada
Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
SpliceAI and Pangolin
SpliceAI acceptor lossat -84 bp
0.027
SpliceAI acceptor gainat -168 bp
0.006
SpliceAI donor lossat +0 bp
0.003
SpliceAI donor gainat +4 bp
0.001
Pangolin splice lossmagnitude shown
-0.010
Pangolin splice gain
0.012
Other predictors
REVEL
0.733
BayesDel
0.432
How the predictions were used
PP3SupportingACMGMet at supporting strength: REVEL 0.733 meets the generic PP3 threshold of >=0.644 for this missense variant.
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NM_002168.4:c.515G>A is a missense variant producing p.(Arg172Lys), so the governing generic rule selects the REVEL path exclusively; SpliceAI and BayesDel are not used. REVEL is 0.733, which meets the supplied generic PP3 supporting threshold of >= 0.644 (ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration, Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997).
Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc.) ... PP3 (supporting): >= 0.644 — ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet) (PMID:36413997)
Evidence considered
Variant consequence: missense, NM_002168.4:c.515G>A, p.(Arg172Lys); therefore REVEL is the sole applicable computational path.
Local REVEL lookup reports score 0.733 for NC_000015.10:g.90088606C>T / NM_002168.4:c.515G>A.
Generic PP3 supporting threshold: REVEL >= 0.644, from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997). SpliceAI and BayesDel were not counted.
Sources
revel
BP4ACMGNot met: REVEL 0.733 is above the generic BP4 supporting threshold of <=0.29 for this missense variant.
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NM_002168.4:c.515G>A is a missense variant, so the governing generic rule selects REVEL exclusively; SpliceAI cannot substitute for a non-benign REVEL result, and BayesDel has no generic ACMG-strength calibration. REVEL is 0.733, above the generic BP4 supporting threshold of <= 0.29 (ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration, Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997), so BP4 is not met.
Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence suggest no impact on gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc) ... BP4 (supporting): <= 0.29 — ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet) (PMID:36413997)
Evidence considered
Variant consequence: missense, NM_002168.4:c.515G>A, p.(Arg172Lys); therefore REVEL is the sole applicable computational path.
Local REVEL lookup reports score 0.733 for NC_000015.10:g.90088606C>T / NM_002168.4:c.515G>A.
Generic BP4 supporting threshold: REVEL <= 0.29, from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997); 0.733 does not meet it. The available SpliceAI max delta 0.027 was not used because this is a missense variant, and BayesDel is not generically calibrated for this criterion.
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revel
BP7N/ANot applicable: BP7 requires a synonymous variant, and this is a missense variant.
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BP7 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) is defined for a synonymous (silent) variant for which splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence and the nucleotide is not highly conserved. NM_002168.4:c.515G>A in IDH2 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_002159.2:p.(Arg172Lys). As a result, the encoded protein sequence is altered, so the criterion's silent-variant premise does not hold regardless of any splicing prediction, so BP7's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers BP7 for IDH2, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_synonymous
Evidence considered
Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
VCEP criterion policy: absent
Sources
generic_acmg_combination_rules
Statement
In silico
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.03). REVEL score = 0.733. BayesDel score = 0.431707.
9 paper records listed. 3 cited in the classification.
Cited in the classification
The common feature of leukemia-associated IDH1 and IDH2 mutations is a neomorphic enzyme activity converting alpha-ketoglutarate to 2-hydroxyglutarate.
Ward PS et al. · 2010 Mar 16
The paper explicitly reports IDH2 R172K in an AML sample and shows in cell-based assays that R172K enhances alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent NADPH consumption and produces markedly elevated (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate; these are functional and somatic cancer observations, not a generic ACMG pathogenic classification.
we found an IDH2 R172K mutation in an AML sample obtained from a 77 year old female.
Location Introduction, final paragraph; Results sections on IDH2 R172K enzymatic activity and 2HG accumulation
Context AML patient-sample sequencing; IDH2 wild-type versus R172K overexpression in cultured cells with NADPH activity assays, GC-MS 2HG measurement, and analysis of leukemic samples.
2-hydroxyglutarate production, but not dominant negative function, is conferred by glioma-derived NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations.
Jin G et al. · 2011 Feb 4
The paper identifies IDH2 R172 as a cancer mutational hotspot and reports R172K, R172M, and R172G substitutions; experiments show recurrent IDH1/IDH2 hotspot mutants share neomorphic (R)-2HG production, supporting hotspot biology but not a germline pathogenic comparator classification.
IDH2 mutations in glioma are specific for R172, the residue that is analogous to IDH1 R132. R172K, R172M, and R172G are the IDH2 substitutions observed in gliomas.
Location Introduction, paragraph describing IDH1 and IDH2 hotspot substitutions; Results and Discussion
Context Cancer-derived IDH1 R132 and IDH2 R172 mutants tested by co-immunoprecipitation, cellular NADP-IDH activity assays, LC-MS/MS 2HG measurement, and glioma tissue analysis.
Mutant IDH inhibits HNF-4α to block hepatocyte differentiation and promote biliary cancer.
Saha SK et al. · 2014 Sep 4
The paper explicitly studies IDH2-R172K in mouse hepatoblast and liver-tumor models, reporting increased 2HG production, impaired hepatocyte differentiation, and cooperation with KrasG12D; these are experimental mechanistic observations rather than a clinical pathogenic classification.
IDH1-R132C and IDH2-R172K caused the most pronounced effects, correlating with relative 2HG levels.
Location Results, paragraph 1; additional IDH2-R172K mouse-model findings in Results and Fig. 4
Context Human IDH2-R172K expression in mouse embryonic hepatoblasts; inducible and conditional mouse models; liver injury and KrasG12D cooperation studies; histology, immunostaining, gene expression, proliferation, and 2HG measurements.
Other recorded publications
IDH1 and IDH2 mutations are frequent genetic alterations in acute myeloid leukemia and confer adverse prognosis in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia with NPM1 mutation without FLT3 internal tandem duplication.
Chromosomal microarray analysis, including constitutional and neoplastic disease applications, 2021 revision: a technical standard of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).
The paper is a chromosomal microarray technical standard and does not mention IDH2, c.515G>A, or p.(R172K). It states that single-nucleotide variants are not covered by the platform, so it provides neither PS4 case-control evidence nor an exact-variant pathogenic report.
Duplications and deletions below the detection level according to probe coverage and performance, single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) or insertions/deletions (indels) not covered by the platform, gene expression, or epigenetic modifications.
Limitations of CMA
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics technical standards and guidelines: microarray analysis for chromosome abnormalities in neoplastic disorders.
Standards and Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Sequence Variants in Cancer: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and College of American Pathologists.
The evidence statements recorded by the interpretation pipeline. They have not been reinterpreted by the page.
gnomAD v4.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 6.19484e-07; MAF= 0.00006%, 1/1614246 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the Ashkenazi Jewish population (AF= 3.37769e-05; MAF= 0.00338%, 1/29606 alleles, homozygotes = 0).
gnomAD v2.1
Absent from gnomAD v2.1.
gnomAD-Canada
Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
ClinVar
This variant has been reported in ClinVar but submission details could not be extracted. (ClinVarID = 375987)
In silico
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.03). REVEL score = 0.733. BayesDel score = 0.431707.
Functional
OncoKB identified variant-specific curated literature and context relevant to functional review; curated oncogenicity label: Oncogenic.
Somatic
This variant lies in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV57468734, n = 467 times).
Cancer Hotspots
This variant lies in a statistically significant hotspot.