ClinVar

Description

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with proline, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 621 of the MSH2 protein (p.Arg621Pro). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with colorectal cancer (Invitae). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 483736). Advanced modeling performed at Invitae incorporating data from internal and/or published experimental studies (PMID: 33357406) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt MSH2 function. This variant disrupts the p.Arg621 amino acid residue in MSH2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 21520333, 30702970). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic.