11-5226978-A-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1PP3_Strong

The NM_000518.5(HBB):​c.44T>C​(p.Leu15Pro) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000372 in 1,613,368 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. L15R) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000034 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

HBB
NM_000518.5 missense

Scores

10
6
2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.64

Publications

5 publications found
Variant links:
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

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 6 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 10 benign, 33 uncertain in NM_000518.5
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.946

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000518.5. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HBB
NM_000518.5
MANE Select
c.44T>Cp.Leu15Pro
missense
Exon 1 of 3NP_000509.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HBB
ENST00000335295.4
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.44T>Cp.Leu15Pro
missense
Exon 1 of 3ENSP00000333994.3
HBB
ENST00000485743.1
TSL:1
c.44T>Cp.Leu15Pro
missense
Exon 1 of 2ENSP00000496200.1
HBB
ENST00000647020.1
c.44T>Cp.Leu15Pro
missense
Exon 1 of 3ENSP00000494175.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152206
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000342
AC:
5
AN:
1461162
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00000275
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
726914
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33462
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44722
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26132
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39690
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86244
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53418
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5764
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000360
AC:
4
AN:
1111350
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60380
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.505
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152206
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74370
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41452
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15282
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3468
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5194
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4832
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10628
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000147
AC:
1
AN:
68030
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2092
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.525
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756
EpiCase
AF:
0.0000545
EpiControl
AF:
0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:5Other:1
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2
Aug 23, 2024
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The HBB c.44T>C (p.Leu15Pro) variant (also known as Hb Saki) has been reported to be unstable, with normal clinical presentation in heterozygotes (PMID: 998617 (1976), and HbVar (http://globin.cse.psu.edu/cgi-bin/hbvar/counter)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.0000066 (1/152206 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded predictions that this variant is damaging. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant.

Dec 01, 2021
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The Hb Saki variant (HBB: c.44T>C; p.Leu15Pro, also known as Leu14Pro when numbered from the mature protein, rs33935445) is reported in the literature in multiple clinically healthy heterozygous individuals (see link to HbVar and references therein). This variant has also been reported in compound heterozygosity with an unspecified variant in an individual with beta-thalassemia intermedia (HbVar). This variant does not separate from Hb A during electrophoresis (see link to HbVar). This variant has also been reported along with Hb S in a clinically healthy individual (HbVar). This variant is reported as unstable, but with normal oxygen affinity, Bohr effect, and cooperativity (HbVar). This variant is reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 15341) and is absent from the Genome Aggregation Database, indicating it is not a common polymorphism. The leucine at codon 15 is highly conserved, and computational analyses predict that this variant is deleterious (REVEL: 0.822). Due to limited information, the clinical significance of the p.Leu15Pro variant is uncertain at this time. References: Link to Hb Var database for Hb Saki: https://globin.bx.psu.edu/cgi-bin/hbvar/query_vars3?mode=output&display_format=page&i=244&.cgifields=histD

not specified Uncertain:1
May 25, 2021
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.44T>C (p.Leu15Pro) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Globin domain (IPR000971) of the encoded protein sequence. This variant is also known in the literature as Hb-Saki. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 251236 control chromosomes. c.44T>C has been reported in the literature in at least 2 families (e.g. Milner_1976, Beuzard_1975). At least 2 heterozygous individuals with the variant had no clinical symptoms reported, while a patient with the variant in compound heterozygosity with an unspecified mutation had a history of anemia, enlarged spleen, and an episode of severe hemolysis (e.g. Milner_1976). Evaluation of red cells from individuals with the variant showed mild instability (e.g. Milner_1976). Two other ClinVar submitters (evaluation after 2014) cited the variant as uncertain significance (n=1) and "other" (n=1). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly pathogenic.

beta Thalassemia Uncertain:1
Feb 21, 2019
Natera, Inc.
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

alpha Thalassemia;C0002895:Hb SS disease;C0019025:Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin;C0700299:Heinz body anemia;C1840779:METHEMOGLOBINEMIA, BETA TYPE;C1858990:Dominant beta-thalassemia;C1970028:Malaria, susceptibility to;C4693822:Erythrocytosis, familial, 6;CN322236:Beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB Uncertain:1
Apr 23, 2022
Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

HEMOGLOBIN SAKI Other:1
Dec 12, 2017
OMIM
Significance:other
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.92
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.46
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.42
CADD
Benign
22
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.080
T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.43
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.26
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.81
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.84
T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.64
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.95
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.91
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.0
H
PhyloP100
3.6
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.62
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-5.1
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.82
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0040
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.92
MutPred
0.77
Loss of stability (P = 0.0123)
MVP
0.85
MPC
0.30
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
4.1
PromoterAI
-0.035
Neutral
Varity_R
0.98
gMVP
0.95
Mutation Taster
=2/98
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.030
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs33935445; hg19: chr11-5248208; API