15-72375972-T-G

Position:

• chr15-72375972-T-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PVS1 PS1_Moderate PM2 PP5_Moderate

The NM_000520.6(HEXA):​c.1A>C​(p.Met1?) variant causes a start lost change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000205 in 1,461,130 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 Pathogenic (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: HEXA NM_000520.6 start_lost
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 1.42

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Start lost variant, no new inframe start found.
• PS1: Another start lost variant in NM_000520.6 (HEXA) was described as [Pathogenic] in Lovd
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 15-72375972-T-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-72375972-T-G is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 619221.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.1A>C	p.Met1?	start_lost	1/14	ENST00000268097.10	NP_000511.2
HEXA	NM_001318825.2	c.1A>C	p.Met1?	start_lost	1/14		NP_001305754.1
HEXA	NR_134869.3	n.43A>C		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	1/11

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HEXA	ENST00000268097.10	c.1A>C	p.Met1?	start_lost	1/14	1	NM_000520.6	ENSP00000268097	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00000400 AC: 1 AN: 249732 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 135252

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000887

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000205 AC: 3 AN: 1461130 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 726868

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000270

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Tay-Sachs disease Pathogenic:2

Likely pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Sema4, Sema4	Oct 26, 2018	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Dec 14, 2023	This sequence change affects the initiator methionine of the HEXA mRNA. The next in-frame methionine is located at codon 193. This variant is present in population databases (rs121907965, gnomAD 0.0009%). Disruption of the initiator codon has been observed in individual(s) with Tay-Sachs disease (PMID: 9153525; Invitae). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 619221). This variant disrupts the c.1A nucleotide in the HEXA gene. Other variant(s) that disrupt this nucleotide have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 1532289, 21796138). This suggests that this nucleotide is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this position are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.50	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.49
CADD	Benign	20
DANN	Benign	0.88
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.36	T;.;T;.
Eigen	Benign	-0.16
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.037
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.90	D;D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.95	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.39	D
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.17	N;N;N;.
REVEL	Uncertain	0.57
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;.
Sift4G	Benign	0.53	T;T;T;D
Polyphen		0.055	B;.;.;.
Vest4		0.85
MutPred		1.0		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0663);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0663);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0663);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0663);
MVP		0.97
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		4.6
Varity_R		0.96
gMVP		0.59

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs121907965; hg19: chr15-72668313;