16-172936-G-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PP3_Strong

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):c.24G>T(p.Lys8Asn) variant causes a missense change. 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. K8E) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 1)
• Consequence: HBA2 NM_000517.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.91

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 4 ACMG points.

• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.99

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
HBA2	NM_000517.6	c.24G>T	p.Lys8Asn	missense_variant	1/3	ENST00000251595.11

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
HBA2	ENST00000251595.11	c.24G>T	p.Lys8Asn	missense_variant	1/3	1	NM_000517.6	P1
HBA2	ENST00000482565.1	n.43G>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	1/2	1
HBA2	ENST00000397806.1	c.-24G>T		5_prime_UTR_variant	1/3	2
HBA2	ENST00000484216.1			upstream_gene_variant		1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 1

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 0

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories

Feb 20, 2019

The HBA2: c.24G>T; p.Lys8Asn variant (also known as Lys7Asn when numbered from the mature protein, rs281860604), to our knowledge, is not reported in the medical literature or gene-specific databases. However, a variant causing the same amino acid substitution (Hb Tatras: c.24G>C; p.Lys8Asn) is reported in the literature in an asymptomatic heterozygous individual with a normal hematological profile (Wajcman 1994, HbVar database). The c.24G>T variant is absent from general population databases (Exome Variant Server, Genome Aggregation Database), indicating it is not a common polymorphism. The lysine at codon 8 is moderately conserved, and computational analyses (SIFT, PolyPhen-2) predict that this variant is deleterious, although these predictions are low-confidence for the HBA2 gene. However, due to limited information, the clinical significance of the c.24G>T; p.Lys8Asn variant is uncertain at this time. References: HbVar link to HB Tatras: http://globin.bx.psu.edu/cgi-bin/hbvar/query_vars3?mode=output&display_format=page&i=10 Wajcman H et al. Two new alpha chain variants found during glycated hemoglobin screening: Hb Tatras [alpha 7(A5)Lys-->Asn] and HB Lisbon [alpha 23(B4)Glu-->Asp]. Hemoglobin. 1994 Nov;18(6):427-32. -

alpha Thalassemia Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria provided

clinical testing

Natera, Inc.

Feb 09, 2021

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.18	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.020
Cadd	Benign	22
Dann	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Benign	-0.12
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.28
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.94	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.79	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.56	D
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.86	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-3.9	D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.55
Sift	Uncertain	0.0050	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0010	D
Vest4		0.81
MutPred		0.97		Loss of methylation at K8 (P = 0.0143);
MVP		1.0
MPC		2.4
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		1.8
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.0
gMVP		0.95

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: rs281860604; hg19: chr16-222935;