Table 3 Summary evaluation of conservation, structure and experimental results and application of classification criteria.

From: Analysis of structure and conservation for supporting functional evaluation of PMS2 missense variants

PMS2 protein variant (NP_000526.2)

MAPP/PP2 Prior probability of pathogenicity

AlphaMissense prediction

ACMG classification of MAPP/PP2 prior

DeMaSk score

Conservation score1

Evaluation of conservation and structure

Criteria applied based on experimental Results

on RNA and protein level2

Interpretation

on functional level and classification2

Variant classification2

PMS2

MLH1

MutL

Average

p.Asp70Asn

0.7383

PP3

-0,31

9

9

9

9

Absolutely conserved in MutL, known role in function (ATP binding)

n.a.

Dysfunctional control variant (22;51)

n.a. (control variant)

p.Asp286Gly

0.7635

0.6286

PP3

-0,25

9

6

7

7

Only conserved in PMS family proteins, role in formation of hydrophilic loop surface. Although non-conservative exchange, hydrophilic surface of loop is maintained by charged neighbor residues.

BS3

Functional

BS1, BS3, BP5, PP3:

Benign

p.Asn335Ser

0.6062

0.585

Reaching no criteria

-0,30

9

9

9

9

Absolutely conserved in MutL, known role in function (N-terminal dimerization)

PS3_moderate

Function compromised

BS1, PP4_moderate, PS3_moderate: VUS

p.Ile679Thr

0.5105

0.182

Reaching no criteria

-0,24

8

9

7

8

Hydrophobic residue absolutely conserved in MLH1 and PMS family. Contributes to hydrophobic core of dimerization interface.

PS3_moderate

Function compromised

PM2_supp, PS3_moderate: VUS

p.Arg799Trp

0.8917

0.7692

PP3 _moderate

-0,34

9

7

5

7

Only conserved in PMS family proteins. Surface residue.

BS3

Functional

BA1, BS3, PP4_supp, PP3_moderate: Benign

  1. 1 Conservation assessed with the alignments of the respective protein families by ConSeq (see Materials and Methods).
  2. 2 Using ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specifications to the ACMG/AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines for PMS2 Version 1.0.0 (https://cspec.genome.network/cspec/ui/svi/doc/GN139?version=1.0.0)