# NM_000051.4(ATM):c.249A>G (p.Ser83=)

https://sugi.bio/variant/atm-p-ser83

## Summary

**ATM p.Ser83= (c.249A>G)** is classified **Likely benign** in ATM (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2023-04-12). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

**At a glance:** Likely benign · review: Multiple submitters · rsID rs1591451851 · 2 submitters · 2 linked conditions · absent from gnomAD v4.1

## For patients & families {#patients}

This is a change in the ATM gene that is classified as likely benign — not considered disease-causing, submitted by 2 submitters, and is linked to hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

*Reference information, not medical advice, and not a prediction for any individual. A genetic counselor or clinician can interpret what it means for you and your family.*

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| Clinical trials | 31 registered for this condition — see ClinicalTrials.gov |

**Support & next steps:** [Condition overview & support (NIH GARD)](https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/0019921/index) · [Find a genetic counselor (NSGC)](https://findageneticcounselor.nsgc.org/).

## Identity {#identity}

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Gene | [ATM](https://sugi.bio/atlas/gene/ATM/) |
| Protein change (HGVS p.) | p.Ser83= |
| Coding change (HGVS c.) | c.249A>G |
| MANE Select transcript | [NM_000051](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_000051) |
| dbSNP | [rs1591451851](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/rs1591451851/) |
| Variant type | single nucleotide variant |
| Location | chr11:108229241-108229241 (GRCh38) |
| ClinVar | [VCV1083348](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/1083348/) |

**All HGVS expressions:** `LRG_135:g.11410A>G`, `LRG_135t1:c.249A>G`, `NC_000011.10:g.108229241A>G`, `NC_000011.9:g.108099968A>G`, `NG_009830.1:g.11410A>G`, `NM_000051.4:c.249A>G`, `NM_001351834.2:c.249A>G`, `NM_001351835.2:c.249A>G`, `NM_001351836.2:c.249A>G`

## Computational & population evidence {#evidence}

**Concordance:** Mixed / partial computational evidence (see below).

- **Missense predictors (AlphaMissense/REVEL/SaProt) do not apply** to this variant type — they score amino-acid substitutions only. For non-missense variants the computational signal comes from conservation (below), not from a missing predictor score.
- Conservation: phyloP -0.351, GERP -5.36, phastCons 0.001 — not a conserved position (phyloP < 0.1, ACGS BP7 cut)
- CADD: **PHRED 6.434**. No single ClinGen-calibrated threshold exists and the expert panels that use CADD disagree — GUCY2D/AIPL1 require ≥ 20.0 for an untranslated-region variant, ABCA4 ≥ 28.1 for a synonymous or indel variant, the Pulmonary Hypertension panel imports Pejaver 2022's missense-calibrated numbers, and the Antibody Deficiencies panel declines CADD entirely for PIK3CD. CADD v1.7 also incorporates Zoonomia phyloP, so it partly re-expresses the conservation above. *Descriptive; no threshold applied.*
- SpliceAI: **not assessed** — no allele at this position is in our SpliceAI release, either because it lies outside the scored MANE transcript scope or because every allele is below Δ0.2. We cannot tell which, so this claims neither; absence is not evidence against a splicing effect.
- Population frequency: **absent from gnomAD v4.1** — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

*Computational predictors are not independent (ClinGen Variant Classification guidance): AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023) carries the ACMG weight for missense and conservation (phyloP/GERP/phastCons) for non-missense; REVEL (Pejaver-2022 calibrated strength bands) and SaProt (Su et al. 2023, structure-aware, ClinVar-independent protein language model, raw LLR) are shown as orthogonal agreement signals, not additive. For frequency, the gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering allele frequency (FAF95) is ClinGen's designated BA1/BS1 input (gnomAD v4 guidance v3.0, June 2025); BA1/BS1 thresholds are disease-specific, not a blanket 5%. Predictions, not a clinical determination.*

## Gene constraint & dosage {#gene-context}

**ATM** population constraint: LOEUF 0.847, pLI 1.4847e-69, missense-Z 2.5412; ClinGen dosage — haploinsufficiency 3/3, triplosensitivity 0/3. *Lower LOEUF and higher pLI indicate a gene that tolerates loss-of-function poorly; ClinGen dosage is the curated haploinsufficiency call.*

Curated gene–disease validity (ClinGen):

- **ataxia telangiectasia** — Definitive (AR)
- **ATM-related cancer predisposition** — Definitive (AD)

## Protein context {#protein}

Residue **83** lies in a UniProt-annotated variant site (in at).

**14 experimental structure(s)** (PDB): [5NP0](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/5NP0), [5NP1](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/5NP1), [6HKA](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/6HKA), [6K9K](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/6K9K), [6K9L](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/6K9L), [7NI4](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7NI4).

## What this gene does {#gene-function}

*Describes the biological roles of ATM (the gene this variant disrupts) — not effects measured for this specific variant. A damaging variant is expected to affect these functions and pathways; the degree depends on the variant.*

**How this variant is thought to act:** ATM's established molecular role includes protein serine/threonine kinase activity. In Reactome, ATM is annotated in disease pathway(s) including **Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA1 binding function**, **Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA2/RAD51/RAD51C binding function**.

**Disease mechanism (Reactome):** ATM loss or alteration is curated in [Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA1 binding function](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9704331), [Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA2/RAD51/RAD51C binding function](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9704646), [Defective homologous recombination repair (HRR) due to BRCA1 loss of function](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9701192).

### Pathways affected {#pathways}

ATM participates in **28 Reactome pathways** (⚕ = disease pathway):

| Pathway (Reactome) | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| ⚕ [Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA1 binding function](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9704331) | curated |
| ⚕ [Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA2/RAD51/RAD51C binding function](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9704646) | curated |
| ⚕ [Defective homologous recombination repair (HRR) due to BRCA1 loss of function](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9701192) | curated |
| ⚕ [Impaired BRCA2 binding to PALB2](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9709603) | curated |
| ⚕ [Impaired BRCA2 binding to RAD51](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9709570) | curated |
| [Autodegradation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-349425) | curated |
| [DNA Damage/Telomere Stress Induced Senescence](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-2559586) | curated |
| [G2/M DNA damage checkpoint](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-69473) | curated |
| [HDR through Homologous Recombination (HRR)](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5685942) | curated |
| [HDR through Single Strand Annealing (SSA)](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5685938) | curated |
| [Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693579) | curated |
| [Nonhomologous End-Joining (NHEJ)](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693571) | curated |
| [Pexophagy](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-9664873) | curated |
| [Presynaptic phase of homologous DNA pairing and strand exchange](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693616) | curated |
| [Processing of DNA double-strand break ends](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693607) | curated |
| [Recruitment and ATM-mediated phosphorylation of repair and signaling proteins at DNA double strand breaks](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693565) | curated |
| [Regulation of HSF1-mediated heat shock response](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-3371453) | curated |
| [Regulation of TP53 Activity through Methylation](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-6804760) | curated |
| [Regulation of TP53 Activity through Phosphorylation](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-6804756) | curated |
| [Regulation of TP53 Degradation](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-6804757) | curated |
| [Resolution of D-loop Structures through Holliday Junction Intermediates](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693568) | curated |
| [Resolution of D-loop Structures through Synthesis-Dependent Strand Annealing (SDSA)](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693554) | curated |
| [Sensing of DNA Double Strand Breaks](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5693548) | curated |
| [Stabilization of p53](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-69541) | curated |
| [TP53 Regulates Transcription of Caspase Activators and Caspases](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-6803207) | curated |
| [TP53 Regulates Transcription of DNA Repair Genes](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-6796648) | curated |
| [TP53 Regulates Transcription of Genes Involved in Cytochrome C Release](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-6803204) | curated |
| [Meiotic recombination](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-912446) | electronic |

### Molecular function & processes (GO — experimentally supported) {#go}

**Molecular function:** protein serine/threonine kinase activity, DNA-dependent protein kinase activity, 1-phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase activity, identical protein binding, protein-containing complex binding.

**Biological process:** DNA damage checkpoint signaling, pexophagy, double-strand break repair via homologous recombination, DNA double-strand break processing, double-strand break repair, DNA damage response.

## Clinical significance {#significance}

**Likely benign** — review status Multiple submitters *(criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts)*, last evaluated 2023-04-12.

**Submitter consensus:** unanimous (2/2 Likely benign).

**Submission history:** 2 submissions (2021–2023); classifications have been stable.

### Submitter classifications {#submitters}

| Submitter | Classification | Review | Method | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ambry Genetics | Likely benign | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2021-02-07 |
| Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp | Likely benign | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2023-04-12 |

## Associated conditions {#conditions}

[hereditary neoplastic syndrome](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/hereditary-neoplastic-syndrome/), [ataxia telangiectasia](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/ataxia-telangiectasia/).

**Reported phenotype names (ClinVar):** Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome, Ataxia-telangiectasia syndrome, Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary, Hereditary neoplastic syndrome, Hereditary Cancer Syndrome, Tumor predisposition, Ataxia-telangiectasia, complementation group D, Ataxia-telangiectasia, complementation group E, Cerebello-oculocutaneous telangiectasia, Immunodeficiency with ataxia telangiectasia.

## Same-residue context {#hotspot}

Residue **83** carries **2 other pathogenic ClinVar variants** — a recurrently-mutated position: [ATM p.Ser83fs](/variant/atm-p-ser83fs), [ATM p.Ser83Ter](/variant/atm-p-ser83ter). *Positional co-occurrence of independent ClinVar records, not functional proof.*

## Similar variants {#similar}

Related ATM variant pages (same residue, condition, or type): [ATM p.Ser83Ter](/variant/atm-p-ser83ter), [ATM p.Ser83Leu](/variant/atm-p-ser83leu), [ATM p.Ser83fs](/variant/atm-p-ser83fs), [ATM p.Ser83Pro](/variant/atm-p-ser83pro), [ATM c.1607+1G>T](/variant/atm-c-1607-plus-1g-t), [ATM c.2251-4A>G](/variant/atm-c-2251-minus-4a-g), [ATM c.2466+5G>C](/variant/atm-c-2466-plus-5g-c), [ATM c.3078-1G>A](/variant/atm-c-3078-minus-1g-a).

### Data sources & attribution {#sources}

ClinVar (NCBI — public domain, built 2026-10-14); gnomAD v4.1 (Broad Institute, built 2026-10-06); AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023, © Google DeepMind — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-01-27); REVEL (Ioannidis et al. 2016 — ODbL, built 2026-07-13); SaProt (Su et al. 2023 — MIT, built 2026-10-14); SpliceAI (Illumina — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-13); CADD (Rentzsch et al. 2019, University of Washington — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-10); Conservation (phyloP/phastCons/GERP) (UCSC hg38 470-way mammal (Hiller Lab) + Ensembl Compara, built 2026-07-12); gnomAD Non-coding Constraint (Gnocchi) (Chen et al. 2024, Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-11); gnomAD Regional Missense Constraint (Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-13); Pangolin (Zeng & Li 2022 — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-10-11); Repeat regions (UCSC — RepeatMasker, TRF, segmental duplications, built 2026-10-11); ClinGen (ClinGen, built 2026-09-22); UniProt (CC BY 4.0); Reactome / GO (CC BY 4.0, built 2026-09-23); MaveDB (per-record license, built 2026-10-11); CIViC (CC0, built 2026-09-22); Orphanet (Orphanet, built 2026-06-12)

*Primary record: NCBI ClinVar (variation 1083348). Classifications reflect these databases as of the page's build date and may change. Free reference use — not medical advice; consult the primary submitters and a clinician.*