Description
This sequence change replaces isoleucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 68 of the MLH1 protein (p.Ile68Met). This variant is present in population databases (rs780141938, gnomAD 0.0009%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with colorectal cancer (PMID: 25435955). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 486852). 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) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on MLH1 protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Ile68 amino acid residue in MLH1. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 10082584, 11304573, 11555625, 12810663, 14961575, 17510385, 24362816). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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.
| # | Sample | Method | Observation |
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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 |
