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NM_198253.2:c.835G>A
p.Ala279Thr · TERT
ACMG/AMP
0%
complete
Final classification
Benign
BA1BS1BP4
TERT
c.835G>A
p.Ala279Thr
This variant

The TERT c.835G>A (p.Ala279Thr, p.A279T) variant has been reported in ClinVar as benign by 18 clinical laboratories.

Transcript
NM_198253.2
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_198253.2:c.835G>A
GRCh38
chr5:1294051 C>T
GRCh37
chr5:1294166 C>T
gene-specific framework lacked a usable explicit final combination framework, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 final-combination rules were applied as fallback; applied criteria: BA1 stand-alone benign, BS1 strong benign, BP4 supporting benign; combination = 1 stand-alone benign, which maps to Benign.
Classification rationale
BA1BS1BP4 Benign
TERT c.835G>A

The TERT c.835G>A (p.Ala279Thr, p.A279T) variant has been reported in ClinVar as benign by 18 clinical laboratories.1 This variant is common in population databases, with a total allele frequency of 2.314% in gnomAD v2.1 and 2.712% in gnomAD v4.1; the highest observed population frequency is 5.889% in Finnish individuals in v2.1 and 5.675% in Finnish individuals in v4.1.2 In silico results do not support a damaging effect: SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact with a maximum delta score of 0.00, REVEL is 0.162, and BayesDel is -0.293678.3

BA1 + BS1 + BP4 Benign
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Gene diagram · NM_198253.2 · variants mapped to exon structure
TERT NM_198253.2
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Applied criteria · 3 applied · 20 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 · 3
Strength Supporting Moderate Strong Very strong
BA1 stand-alone Benign
Population frequency is above the benign stand-alone threshold. This variant is present at 2.314% in gnomAD v2.1 and 2.712% in gnomAD v4.1, both above the 1% BA1 threshold.
gnomAD v2.1 AF 0.0231414gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.0271163
BS1 strong Benign
Population frequency is greater than expected for a pathogenic TERT variant. The allele frequency is 2.314% in gnomAD v2.1 and 2.712% in gnomAD v4.1, both above the 0.3% BS1 threshold.
gnomAD v2.1 AF 0.0231414gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.0271163
BP4 supporting Benign
Multiple computational predictors support no damaging effect. SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact with a maximum delta score of 0.00, REVEL is 0.162, and BayesDel is -0.293678, which together support BP4.
SpliceAI max delta 0.00REVEL 0.162BayesDel -0.293678
Assessed · not applied · 6 not met · 14 not assessed
Pathogenic
PS1 No evidence was identified showing that another nucleotide change creates the same amino acid substitution with an established pathogenic classification, so PS1 was not assessed.
PS2 No confirmed de novo occurrence with parental testing was identified for this variant, so PS2 was not assessed.
PS3 No well-established functional study for this exact variant was identified that demonstrates a damaging effect, so PS3 was not assessed.
PS4 Available evidence does not show enrichment of this variant in affected individuals compared with controls.
PM1 This variant has not been shown to lie in a well-established mutational hotspot or critical functional domain without benign variation.
PM2 This variant is not absent or rare in population databases.
PM3 No evidence was identified regarding occurrence of this variant in trans with a pathogenic variant in a recessive disease context, so PM3 was not assessed.
PM6 No probable de novo occurrence without full parental confirmation was identified for this variant, so PM6 was not assessed.
PP1 No segregation data were identified for this variant, so PP1 was not assessed.
PP2 No gene-specific evidence was identified showing that TERT is a gene in which pathogenic missense variation is the predominant disease mechanism with a low rate of benign missense variation, so PP2 was not assessed.
PP3 Available computational evidence does not support a damaging effect.
PP4 No phenotype data specific enough to show that the individual's presentation is highly specific for a TERT-related disorder were identified, so PP4 was not assessed.
PP5 PP5 was not used because no qualifying reputable-source pathogenic assertion independent of the underlying evidence review was identified.
Benign
BS2 Although this variant is observed in many population samples, including homozygotes in gnomAD, the available data do not establish that these are well-phenotyped unaffected adults for a fully penetrant TERT-related disorder.
BS3 No well-established functional study for this exact variant was identified showing normal or near-normal function, so BS3 was not assessed.
BS4 No non-segregation data were identified for this variant, so BS4 was not assessed.
BP1 This is a missense variant, but the available evidence does not show that missense variation in TERT is uniformly less likely to be pathogenic than truncating variation, so BP1 was not met.
BP2 No phase information or co-occurrence data with another pathogenic variant were identified, so BP2 was not assessed.
BP5 No evidence was identified for an alternate molecular cause that fully explains the phenotype, so BP5 was not assessed.
BP6 BP6 was not used because no qualifying reputable-source benign assertion independent of the underlying evidence review was established for this pass.
N/A · 5 PVS1 · PM4 · PM5 · BP3 · BP7
Research & evidence
Population frequency · supports benign
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= 0.0271163; MAF= 2.71163%, 43173/1592140 alleles, homozygotes = 703) and has highest observed frequency in the European (Finnish) population (AF= 0.0567474; MAF= 5.67474%, 3317/58452 alleles, homozygotes = 99); grpmax FAF= 0.0298216.
v2.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0.0231414; MAF= 2.31414%, 5568/240608 alleles, homozygotes = 100) and has highest observed frequency in the European (Finnish) population (AF= 0.0588917; MAF= 5.88917%, 1118/18984 alleles, homozygotes = 30); grpmax FAF= 0.0337522.
Allele frequency by ancestry
three datasets · side by side
gnomAD v4.1
2.7% · 43173 / 1,592,140
703 hom · FAF 3%
European (Finnish)
3317 / 58,452
5.7%
99 hom
European (non-Finnish)
35244 / 1,171,484
3%
536 hom
Ashkenazi Jewish
869 / 29,254
3%
16 hom
Remaining individuals
1487 / 61,652
2.4%
21 hom
South Asian
1223 / 88,730
1.4%
24 hom
Admixed American
623 / 57,978
1.1%
5 hom
Middle Eastern
58 / 6,036
0.96%
1 hom
African/African American
345 / 74,420
0.46%
1 hom
Amish
4 / 912
0.44%
East Asian
3 / 43,222
0.0069%
gnomAD v2.1
2.3% · 5568 / 240,608
100 hom · FAF 3.4%
European (Finnish)
1118 / 18,984
5.9%
30 hom
European (non-Finnish)
3208 / 106,710
3%
46 hom
Ashkenazi Jewish
286 / 9,610
3%
5 hom
Remaining individuals
169 / 6,458
2.6%
8 hom
South Asian
348 / 27,822
1.3%
10 hom
Admixed American
337 / 32,630
1%
1 hom
African/African American
99 / 21,242
0.47%
East Asian
3 / 17,152
0.017%
ClinVar screenshot
ClinVar
This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Benign (18 clinical laboratories). (ClinVarID = 39125)
SpliceAI screenshot
In silico
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00). REVEL score = 0.162. BayesDel score = -0.293678.
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. TERT is an enzyme that functions to maintain telomere length and genomic stability. The TERT promoter is frequently mutated 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 previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV57209966, n = 11 times).
Hotspots
This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.
Sources & reference links
7Sources
ClinVar
gnomAD v2.1
gnomAD v4.1
SpliceAI
OncoKB
COSMIC
Cancer hotspots