11-5225645-T-G
Variant summary
Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 6P and 8B. PM1PM2PP3_ModerateBP6_Very_Strong
The NM_000518.5(HBB):c.397A>C(p.Lys133Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,812 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. K133N) has been classified as Uncertain significance.
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000518.5 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- dominant beta-thalassemiaInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
 - hemoglobin M diseaseInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen
 - beta thalassemiaInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
 - beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRBInheritance: AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
 - sickle cell disease and related diseasesInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
 - erythrocytosis, familial, 6Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
 - Heinz body anemiaInheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
 - sickle cell diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
 - hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-beta-thalassemia syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - beta-thalassemia intermediaInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - beta-thalassemia majorInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - delta-beta-thalassemiaInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - hemoglobin C diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - hemoglobin E diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-sickle cell disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - sickle cell-beta-thalassemia disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - sickle cell-hemoglobin c disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - sickle cell-hemoglobin d disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - sickle cell-hemoglobin E disease syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes  Cov.: 33 
GnomAD4 exome  AF:  6.84e-7  AC: 1AN: 1461812Hom.:  0  Cov.: 31 AF XY:  0.00  AC XY: 0AN XY: 727222 show subpopulations 
Age Distribution
GnomAD4 genome  Cov.: 33 
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
not provided    Benign:2 
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not specified    Benign:1 
Variant summary: HBB c.397A>C (p.Lys133Gln) results in a conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 246104 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.397A>C has been reported in the literature from many African countries, reported mainly in the people of the Akan group in West Africa, found predominantly in the Attie subgroup (Ali 2015), which may explain its absence in the gnomAD database due to insufficient coverage of that ethnic group. Several families were reported with heterozygotes and at least one family with a homozygote individual, with none of them expressing any clinical manifestation or hematological abnormality (Ringelhann 1971, Cabannes 1980, Zago 1986, Ali 2015). In addition, functional studies have shown that there were no morphological changes in the red blood cells of heterozygotes, osmotic fragility was within the normal range (Ringelhann 1971), and the variant resulted in no globin chain synthesis imbalance in reticulocytes (Zago 1986). ClinVar has got an entry for the variant, without a classification specified. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely benign. -
HEMOGLOBIN K (WOOLWICH)    Other:1 
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Computational scores
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Splicing
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