ClinVar

Description

MRE11A, which is involved in DNA damage repair, has been only recently described in association with cancer predisposition and the risks are not well understood. This variant is denoted MRE11A c.311G>C at the cDNA level, p.Ser104Thr (S104T) at the protein level, and results in the change of a Serine to a Threonine (AGT>ACT). This variant has not, to our knowledge, been published in the literature as pathogenic or benign. MRE11A Ser104Thr was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. This variant is a conservative substitution of one neutral polar amino acid for another, altering a position that is well conserved throughout evolution and is located in the a2-b2 loop forming a H-bond that is involved in stabilizing the hMre11 core dimer (Park 2011). In silico analyses are inconsistent with regard to the effect this variant may have on protein structure and function. On a molecular level, the impact of this missense variant on protein structure and function is not known and thus we consider this to be a variant of uncertain significance. Furthermore, based on the currently available information, cancer risks associated with this variant, and the MRE11A gene, remain unclear.