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16-172909-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points: 0P and 4B. BP4_Strong

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):c.-4C>T variant causes a 5 prime UTR change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 0)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000039 ( 0 hom. )
Failed GnomAD Quality Control

Consequence

HBA2
NM_000517.6 5_prime_UTR

Scores

2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.0860
Variant links:
Genes affected
HBA2 (HGNC:4824): (hemoglobin subunit alpha 2) The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'. The alpha-2 (HBA2) and alpha-1 (HBA1) coding sequences are identical. These genes differ slightly over the 5' untranslated regions and the introns, but they differ significantly over the 3' untranslated regions. Two alpha chains plus two beta chains constitute HbA, which in normal adult life comprises about 97% of the total hemoglobin; alpha chains combine with delta chains to constitute HbA-2, which with HbF (fetal hemoglobin) makes up the remaining 3% of adult hemoglobin. Alpha thalassemias result from deletions of each of the alpha genes as well as deletions of both HBA2 and HBA1; some nondeletion alpha thalassemias have also been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.87).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
HBA2NM_000517.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.-4C>T 5_prime_UTR_variant 1/3 ENST00000251595.11

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
HBA2ENST00000251595.11 linkuse as main transcriptc.-4C>T 5_prime_UTR_variant 1/31 NM_000517.6 P1
HBA2ENST00000482565.1 linkuse as main transcriptn.16C>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/21
HBA2ENST00000397806.1 linkuse as main transcriptc.-51C>T 5_prime_UTR_variant 1/32
HBA2ENST00000484216.1 linkuse as main transcript upstream_gene_variant 1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
0
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000188
AC:
1
AN:
53060
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000374
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
26760
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.000128
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AS_VQSR
AF:
0.00000385
AC:
1
AN:
259530
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
0
AF XY:
0.00000722
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
138484
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.0000727
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

HBA2-related disorder Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingPreventionGenetics, part of Exact SciencesMar 17, 2023The HBA2 c.-4C>T variant is located in the 5' untranslated region. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in the literature. This variant is reported in 0.013% of alleles in individuals of East Asian descent in gnomAD (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/16-222908-C-T). At this time, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain due to the absence of conclusive functional and genetic evidence. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.87
Cadd
Benign
13
Dann
Benign
0.93
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.0

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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1171322866; hg19: chr16-222908; API