11-5225677-T-C

Variant names:

• chr11-5225677-T-C
• rs33987957
• NM_000518.5:c.365A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5

The NM_000518.5(HBB):​c.365A>G​(p.Glu122Gly) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. E122V) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: HBB NM_000518.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.15
• Publications: 3 publications found

Genes affected

HBB (HGNC:4827): (hemoglobin subunit beta) The alpha (HBA) and beta (HBB) loci determine the structure of the 2 types of polypeptide chains in adult hemoglobin, Hb A. The normal adult hemoglobin tetramer consists of two alpha chains and two beta chains. Mutant beta globin causes sickle cell anemia. Absence of beta chain causes beta-zero-thalassemia. Reduced amounts of detectable beta globin causes beta-plus-thalassemia. The order of the genes in the beta-globin cluster is 5'-epsilon -- gamma-G -- gamma-A -- delta -- beta--3'. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

HBB Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• dominant beta-thalassemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
• hemoglobin M disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen
• beta thalassemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
• beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB

  Inheritance: AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• sickle cell disease and related diseases

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• erythrocytosis, familial, 6

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• Heinz body anemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• sickle cell disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-beta-thalassemia syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• beta-thalassemia intermedia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• beta-thalassemia major

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• delta-beta-thalassemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin C disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin E disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-sickle cell disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-beta-thalassemia disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-hemoglobin c disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-hemoglobin d disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-hemoglobin E disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000298932 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 13 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 4 benign, 32 uncertain in NM_000518.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr11-5225677-T-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 15110.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HBB	NM_000518.5	c.365A>G	p.Glu122Gly	missense_variant	Exon 3 of 3	ENST00000335295.4	NP_000509.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HBB	ENST00000335295.4	c.365A>G	p.Glu122Gly	missense_variant	Exon 3 of 3	1	NM_000518.5	ENSP00000333994.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

May 22, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: HBB c.365A>G (p.Glu122Gly) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change. The variant was absent in 251312 control chromosomes. c.365A>G has been observed in an individual(s) (Abourzik_1991). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Beta Thalassemia. Different variants affecting the same codon have been classified as pathogenic by our lab (p.Glu122Lys, p.Glu122Gln), supporting the critical relevance of codon 122 to HBB protein function, however additional evidence is needed for this variant. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 15501). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly pathogenic.

HEMOGLOBIN ST. FRANCIS Other:1

Dec 12, 2017

OMIM

Significance: other

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: literature only

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.22
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.24	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.11
CADD	Benign	21
DANN	Uncertain	0.98
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.10	T;T
Eigen	Benign	-0.54
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.54
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.80	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.0	.;D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.26	D
MetaRNN	Uncertain	0.55	D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.18	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.9	M;M
PhyloP100		2.2
PrimateAI	Benign	0.37	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-3.6	D;.
REVEL	Uncertain	0.52
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;.
Sift4G	Benign	0.075	T;.
Vest4		0.49
ClinPred		0.38	T
GERP RS		3.5
Varity_R		0.44
gMVP		0.75
Mutation Taster		=11/89	disease causing

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs33987957; hg19: chr11-5246907;