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CHEK2
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VUS
CHEK2 c.1513T>A · p.Ser505Thr
CHEK2

NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A (p.Ser505Thr) is a missense variant in exon 14 of CHEK2, a gene associated with autosomal dominant hereditary breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancer predisposition.

Gene
CHEK2
Transcript
NM_007194.4
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A
Consequence
N/A
GRCh38
chr22:28689164 A>T
GRCh37
chr22:29085152 A>T
Basis Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Specification v1.0.0 lacked a usable explicit final combination framework, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 final-combination rules were applied as fallback; applied criteria: PM2 supporting, BP4 supporting; combination = 1 supporting + 1 supporting benign, which maps to VUS.
Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Specification v1.0.0 lacked a usable explicit final combination framework, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 final-combination rules were applied as fallback; applied criteria: PM2 supporting, BP4 supporting; combination = 1 supporting + 1 supporting benign, which maps to VUS.
Classification rationale
PM2 BP4 VUS
CHEK2 c.1513T>A

NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A (p.Ser505Thr) is a missense variant in exon 14 of CHEK2, a gene associated with autosomal dominant hereditary breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancer predisposition.1 This variant is present at very low frequency in gnomAD: 17/233,642 alleles in v2.1 (AF=0.00728%) and 44/1,595,378 alleles in v4.1 (AF=0.00276%), with the highest subpopulation frequency of 0.083% in East Asians, all below the 0.1% PM2 threshold (PM2_Supporting).2 Multiple in silico tools unanimously predict a benign effect: REVEL score 0.018 (benign range), BayesDel score -0.428 (benign range), and SpliceAI max delta 0.00 (no predicted splice impact) (BP4_Supporting).3 PVS1 is not applicable as this is a missense variant, not a null variant. PS1 and PM5 are not applicable as no same-residue pathogenic comparators have been identified. BP7 is not applicable as the variant is not synonymous.4 ClinVar consensus is Likely benign from four clinical laboratories, with one additional submitter reporting Uncertain significance and one reporting likely benign. No expert panel classification is available, and no reputable source has classified this variant as pathogenic.5 Functional evidence (PS3/BS3) remains unassessed pending full-text review of PMID:30851065 (Delimitsou et al. 2019), which performed functional characterization of CHEK2 variants in a yeast system and may include p.Ser505Thr.6 No de novo reports (PS2/PM6), no case-control enrichment data (PS4), no co-segregation data (PP1), and no trans-observation with a pathogenic variant (BP2) are available for this variant. Applying generic ACMG/AMP 2015 combination rules (PMID:25741868) with PM2_Supporting (1 pathogenic point) and BP4_Supporting (1 benign point), the variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance (VUS), with the benign and pathogenic evidence effectively balancing each other. The CSPEC CHEK2 VCEP v1.0.0 (doc 522546466) did not provide machine-interpretable criteria beyond the raw ruleset.7

PM2 + BP4 VUS
Gene diagram · NM_007194.4 · variants mapped to exon structure
CHEK2 NM_007194.4
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Applied criteria · 2 applied · 18 assessed
Applied · 2
Strength Supporting Moderate Strong Very strong
PM2 supporting Pathogenic
NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A is present at very low frequency in general population databases. gnomAD v2.1: 17/233,642 alleles (AF=0.00728%). gnomAD v4.1: 44/1,595,378 alleles (AF=0.00276%). The highest subpopulation frequency is in East Asians at 0.083% (v2.1, 15/17,996) and 0.078% (v4.1, 35/44,872), both below the 0.1% PM2 threshold for a gene with CHEK2-associated cancer predisposition. No homozygotes observed. Absent from gnomAD-Canada.
gnomAD v2.1: AF=0.00728% (17/2336420 hom)gnomAD v4.1: AF=0.00276% (44/1595378
BP4 supporting Benign
Multiple lines of computational evidence unanimously predict no damaging effect for p.Ser505Thr. REVEL score is 0.018 (benign range), BayesDel score is -0.428 (benign range), and SpliceAI predicts no splice alteration (max delta = 0.00). These complementary in silico tools provide consistent evidence that the missense substitution is tolerated at the protein level.
REVEL=0.018 (benign)BayesDel=-0.428 (benign)SpliceAI max delta=0.00 (no predicted splice impact).
Assessed · not applied
Pathogenic
PS2 No confirmed de novo occurrence of NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A has been reported in published literature or databases.
PS3 Functional data for NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A (p.Ser505Thr) could not be confirmed.
PS4 No case-control study or statistical enrichment analysis specifically reporting an odds ratio for NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A in CHEK2-associated cancers (breast, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate) has been identified.
PM1 Residue Ser505 lies within the CHEK2 protein kinase domain (approximately residues 220-540).
PM6 No evidence for assumed de novo occurrence (i.e., de novo without confirmed paternity/maternity) has been identified for this variant in published literature or databases.
PP1 No co-segregation data with disease in multiple affected family members has been reported for NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A.
PP3 Multiple in silico prediction tools uniformly predict a benign impact for p.Ser505Thr.
PP4 Insufficient clinical data demonstrating that the variant-carrier phenotype or family history is highly specific for CHEK2-associated disease.
PP5 No reputable source (e.g., expert panel, clinical guideline) has classified NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A as pathogenic or likely pathogenic.
Benign
BA1 The maximum population minor allele frequency for NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A is 0.083% in East Asians (gnomAD v2.1) and 0.078% in East Asians (gnomAD v4.1), both well below the 1% BA1 threshold.
BS1 The maximum population allele frequency of 0.083% in East Asians (gnomAD v2.1) is below the 0.3% BS1 threshold.
BS2 No observation of NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A in a homozygous state in gnomAD (0 homozygotes across v2.1 and v4.1) nor reported in trans with a known pathogenic CHEK2 variant in a healthy adult.
BS3 Normal functional evidence for NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A (p.Ser505Thr) could not be confirmed.
BS4 No co-segregation or family data are available demonstrating lack of segregation of NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A with disease in affected families.
BP1 BP1 is applicable to missense variants in genes where primarily truncating variants are known to cause disease.
BP2 No observation of NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A in trans with a known pathogenic CHEK2 variant has been reported in the literature or databases.
BP5 No case has been identified where NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A is observed in an individual with an alternate molecular basis for disease.
BP6 No expert panel or other highly reputable source has classified NM_007194.4:c.1513T>A as benign.
N/A · 5 PVS1 · PS1 · PM5 · PP2 · BP7
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= 2.75797e-05; MAF= 0.00276%, 44/1595378 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the East Asian population (AF= 0.000779996; MAF= 0.07800%, 35/44872 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 0.00057582.
v2.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 7.27609e-05; MAF= 0.00728%, 17/233642 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the East Asian population (AF= 0.000833519; MAF= 0.08335%, 15/17996 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 0.00051369.
🇨🇦 CA
This variant is absent from gnomAD-Canada.
Allele frequency by ancestry
three datasets · side by side
gnomAD v4.1
0.0028% · 44 / 1,595,378
0 hom · FAF 0.058%
East Asian
35 / 44,872
0.078%
Remaining individuals
7 / 62,170
0.011%
Admixed American
2 / 59,982
0.0033%
+ 7 not observed (European (Finnish), Amish, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Ashkenazi Jewish, African/African American, European (non-Finnish))
gnomAD v2.1
0.0073% · 17 / 233,642
0 hom · FAF 0.051%
East Asian
15 / 17,996
0.083%
Admixed American
2 / 34,358
0.0058%
+ 6 not observed (African/African American, Ashkenazi Jewish, European (Finnish), European (non-Finnish), Remaining individuals, South Asian)
gnomAD Canada 🇨🇦
Absent · 0 / ?
0 hom
Not observed in any ancestry group.
ClinVar screenshot
ClinVar
This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (4 clinical laboratories) and as Uncertain significance (1 clinical laboratory) and as likely benign (1 clinical laboratory). (ClinVarID = 182441)
SpliceAI screenshot
In silico
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00). REVEL score = 0.018. BayesDel score = -0.428192.
Functional / OncoKB screenshot
Functional Unknown Oncogenic Effect
OncoKB did not identify variant-specific reviewed functional evidence for this variant; gene-level curated context is available for reviewer follow-up. CHEK2, an intracellular kinase involved in control of the cell cycle, is altered in various cancer types.
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
8Sources
CSpec VCEP
ClinVar
gnomAD v2.1
gnomAD v4.1
SpliceAI
OncoKB
COSMIC
Cancer hotspots
Triaged references · 9 PMIDs not cited in assessment
15942682 ↗ Aberrations of the CHK2 gene are rare in pediatric solid tumors. CLINVAR
23918944 ↗ Tamoxifen and risk of contralateral breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. CLINVAR
25741868 ↗ Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology. CLINVAR
26467025 ↗ A Standardized DNA Variant Scoring System for Pathogenicity Assessments in Mendelian Disorders. CLINVAR
30851065 ↗ Functional characterization of CHEK2 variants in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae system. CLINVAR
32566746 ↗ Prevalence of disease-causing genes in Japanese patients with BRCA1/2-wildtype hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. CLINVAR
12692171 ↗ American Society of Clinical Oncology policy statement update: genetic testing for cancer susceptibility. CLINVAR
15604628 ↗ Genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling: recommendations of the national society of genetic counselors. CLINVAR
28492532 ↗ Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification criteria. CLINVAR