Description
The BRCA2 p.Gln2859LysfsX4 deletion variant was identified in 3 of 4874 proband chromosomes from individuals with breast or ovarian cancer (Borg 2010, Loman 2001, Martin 2001). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs80359718) “With pathogenic allele”, HGMD, LOVD, and the BIC database (19X as a variant with clinical importance). The p.Gln2859LysfsX4 deletion variant is predicted to cause a frameshift, which alters the protein's amino acid sequence beginning at codon 2859 and leads to a premature stop codon 4 codons downstream. This alteration is then predicted to result in a truncated or absent protein and loss of function. Loss of function variants of the BRCA2 gene are an established mechanism of disease in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and is the type of variant expected to cause the disorder. In summary, based on the above information, this variant meets our laboratory’s criteria to be classified as pathogenic.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | unknown | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |