16-173540-C-T

Variant names:

• chr16-173540-C-T
• rs41479347
• NM_000517.6:c.369C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2 BP4_Strong BP7

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):​c.369C>T​(p.His123His) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000673 in 148,608 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency: Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000067 (0 hom., cov: 25)
• Consequence: HBA2 NM_000517.6 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -1.38
• Publications: 8 publications found

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]

HBA2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• alpha thalassemia spectrum

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
• erythrocytosis, familial, 7

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• hemoglobin M disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin H disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Heinz body anemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• methemoglobinemia, alpha type

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
• unstable hemoglobin disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ENSG00000294455 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.62).
• BP7: Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-1.38 with no splicing effect.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000517.6. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	HBA2	NM_000517.6	MANE Select	c.369C>T	p.His123His	synonymous	Exon 3 of 3	NP_000508.1	D1MGQ2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	HBA2	ENST00000251595.11	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.369C>T	p.His123His	synonymous	Exon 3 of 3	ENSP00000251595.6	P69905
	HBA2	ENST00000482565.1	TSL:1	n.505C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 2
	HBA2	ENST00000397806.1	TSL:2	c.273C>T	p.His91His	synonymous	Exon 3 of 3	ENSP00000380908.1	G3V1N2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000673 AC: 1 AN: 148608 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 25

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.0000261

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: 0.00

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000673 AC: 1 AN: 148608 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 25 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 72506

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000261 AC: 1 AN: 38310

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15154

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3460

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5168

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4628

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10616

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 67978

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2066

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.62
CADD	Benign	5.4
DANN	Benign	0.93
PhyloP100		-1.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.9

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs41479347; hg19: chr16-223539;