Description
The p.D41G variant (also known as c.122A>G), located in coding exon 2 of the MLH1 gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 122. The aspartic acid at codon 41 is replaced by glycine, an amino acid with similar properties. This variant has been detected in multiple patients who meet Amsterdam criteria and/or have colon cancer (Krüger S et al. Hum. Mutat., 2004 Oct;24:351-2; Wardell CP et al. J. Hepatol., 2018 05;68:959-969; Rossi BM et al. BMC Cancer, 2017 Sep;17:623; van der Klift HM et al. Hum. Mutat., 2016 11;37:1162-1179; Pigatto F et al. Hered Cancer Clin Pract, 2004 Nov;2:175-84; Mangold E et al. Int. J. Cancer, 2005 Sep;116:692-702; Sharp A et al. Hum. Mutat., 2004 Sep;24:272; Hardt K et al. Fam. Cancer, 2011 Jun;10:273-84). This variant demonstrated reduced expression and deficient mismatch repair (MMR) activity in an in vitro complementation assay (Hinrichsen I et al. Clin. Cancer Res., 2013 May;19:2432-41). In a yeast-based functional assay, this variant demonstrated partial loss of MMR activity (Ellison AR et al. Nucleic Acids Res., 2004 Oct;32:5321-38). RNA studies for this variant based on minigene assay and patient RNA analysis demonstrated out-of-frame exon 2 skipping, but this could not be confirmed in subsequent studies (Sharp A et al. Hum. Mutat., 2004 Sep;24:272; Tournier I et al. Hum. Mutat., 2008 Dec;29:1412-24; van der Klift HM et al. Mol Genet Genomic Med, 2015 Jul;3:327-45). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.
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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 |