16-173594-C-A

Variant names:

• chr16-173594-C-A
• rs41507451
• NM_000517.6:c.423C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PVS1_Strong PM2

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):​c.423C>A​(p.Tyr141*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-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 other (no stars).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 25)
• Consequence: HBA2 NM_000517.6 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: other no assertion criteria provided O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.04
• Publications: 0 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, 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

ENSG00000294455 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product does not undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Variant is located in the 3'-most exon, not predicted to undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. There are 8 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

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.423C>A	p.Tyr141*	stop_gained	Exon 3 of 3	NP_000508.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	HBA2	ENST00000251595.11	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.423C>A	p.Tyr141*	stop_gained	Exon 3 of 3	ENSP00000251595.6
	HBA2	ENST00000482565.1	TSL:1	n.559C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 2
	HBA2	ENST00000866237.1		c.339C>A	p.Tyr113*	stop_gained	Exon 3 of 3	ENSP00000536296.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 25

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 25

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions as Germline

Significance: other

Revision: no assertion criteria provided

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
-	-	-	HEMOGLOBIN NATAL (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.58	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.60
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Uncertain	0.52
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.33
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.93	D
PhyloP100		2.0
Vest4		0.80
GERP RS		2.4
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: rs41507451; hg19: chr16-223593;