ClinVar

Description

The G413R variant in the CBL gene has not, to our knowledge, been published in the literature as a germline variant; however, it has been reported as a somatic variant in lung carcinoma samples according to the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) database. The G413R variant was not observed in approximately 6500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. The G413R variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution is located within the RING-type zinc finger domain and occurs at a position that is conserved across species. In silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. Missense variants in nearby residues (W408R, F418S, F418L) have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database in association with CBL-related disorders (Stenson et al., 2014), supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. Therefore, we interpret G413R as a likely pathogenic variant, however the possibility it may be a rare benign variant cannot be excluded.