ClinVar

Description

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. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 220628). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of Lynch syndrome (Invitae). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 338 of the MSH2 protein (p.Gly338Ala). 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. This variant disrupts the p.Gly338 amino acid residue in MSH2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 16736289, 17720936, 23612316). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing.