Description
This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 811 of the TERT protein (p.Arg811Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs199422301, gnomAD 0.0008%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with dyskeratosis congenita in the homozygous state and/or familial pulmonary fibrosis in the heterozygous state (PMID: 17785587, 28192371). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 29900). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt TERT protein function. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects TERT function (PMID: 17785587, 26887940). In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |