15-72353100-A-G

Position:

• chr15-72353100-A-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM2 PP3_Strong PP5_Moderate

The NM_000520.6(HEXA):​c.538T>C​(p.Tyr180His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: HEXA NM_000520.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.21

Genes affected

HEXA (HGNC:4878): (hexosaminidase subunit alpha) This gene encodes a member of the glycosyl hydrolase 20 family of proteins. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the alpha subunit of the lysosomal enzyme beta-hexosaminidase. This enzyme, together with the cofactor GM2 activator protein, catalyzes the degradation of the ganglioside GM2, and other molecules containing terminal N-acetyl hexosamines. Mutations in this gene lead to an accumulation of GM2 ganglioside in neurons, the underlying cause of neurodegenerative disorders termed the GM2 gangliosidoses, including Tay-Sachs disease (GM2-gangliosidosis type I). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

ENSG00000260729 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.987
• PP5: Variant 15-72353100-A-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-72353100-A-G is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 3939.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HEXA	NM_000520.6	c.538T>C	p.Tyr180His	missense_variant	5/14	ENST00000268097.10	NP_000511.2
HEXA	NM_001318825.2	c.571T>C	p.Tyr191His	missense_variant	5/14		NP_001305754.1
HEXA	NR_134869.3	n.580T>C		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	5/11

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HEXA	ENST00000268097.10	c.538T>C	p.Tyr180His	missense_variant	5/14	1	NM_000520.6	ENSP00000268097.6
ENSG00000260729	ENST00000379915.4	n.412+2459T>C		intron_variant		2		ENSP00000478716.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Tay-Sachs disease Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Feb 01, 2022

In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects HEXA function (PMID: 8757036). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 3939). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis (PMID: 8757036). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. The frequency data for this variant in the population databases is considered unreliable, as metrics indicate poor data quality at this position in the gnomAD database. This sequence change replaces tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 180 of the HEXA protein (p.Tyr180His). -

Gm2-gangliosidosis, late onset Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

literature only

OMIM

Aug 01, 1996

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.62
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.50	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.47
CADD	Pathogenic	26
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.97	D;.;D
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.93
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	1.0	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.49	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.5	H;.;.
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.58	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-4.5	D;D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.95
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;.;.
Vest4		0.88
MutPred		0.94		Gain of disorder (P = 0.012);.;Gain of disorder (P = 0.012);
MVP		0.99
MPC		0.86
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		5.6
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.1
Varity_R		0.95
gMVP		0.92

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.020		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs28941771; hg19: chr15-72645441;