Description
This sequence change replaces tyrosine with cysteine at codon 220 of the TP53 protein (p.Tyr220Cys). The tyrosine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between tyrosine and cysteine. This variant is present in population databases (rs121912666, ExAC <0.01%). This variant has been reported as de novo in an individual with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) (PMID: 18307025), as well as in individuals with breast cancer and adrenal carcinoma (PMID: 21761402, 20805372). This variant has also been reported to segregate with LFS in several families (PMID: 8118819, 10432928, 19101993). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 127819). Experimental studies have shown that this missense change destabilizes the TP53 protein, and disrupts its DNA binding and transactivation activity (PMID: 20128691, 21343334, 22923379, 17015838). Many of these properties are reversed in cell culture by treatment with a small molecule (PMID: 23630318). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.
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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 |