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Submissions for variant NM_000249.3(MLH1):c.-37A>G

gnomAD frequency: 0.00001  dbSNP: rs749884419
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Submitter RCV SCV Clinical significance Condition Last evaluated Review status Method Comment
GeneDx RCV000481158 SCV000567225 uncertain significance not provided 2016-09-22 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing This variant is denoted MLH1 c.-37A>G, and describes a nucleotide substitution 37 base pairs upstream of the MLH1 ATG translational start site in the 5' untranslated region (UTR). The surrounding sequence, with the base that is substituted in braces, is GTTG[A/G]GCAT. This variant has not, to our knowledge, been reported in the literature as pathogenic or benign. MLH1 c.-37A>G does not appear to affect the start codon or the Kozak translational consensus sequence. Of note, constitutional epigenetic silencing of MLH1 has been suggested as an alternate mechanism responsible for Lynch syndrome, and other variants located within the 5' UTR have been shown to result in allele-specific promoter methylation and subsequent transcriptional silencing (Hitchins 2011, Ward 2013). This variant was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, suggesting it is not a common benign variant in these populations. The nucleotide which is altered, an adenine (A), is conserved among mammals. Based on currently available information, it is unclear whether MLH1 c.-37A>G is pathogenic or benign. We consider it to be a variant of uncertain significance.

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