16-176708-G-T

Variant names:

• chr16-176708-G-T
• rs186315594
• NM_000558.5:c.-9G>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2 BP4_Strong

The NM_000558.5(HBA1):​c.-9G>T variant causes a 5 prime UTR change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. 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: not found (cov: 28)
• Consequence: HBA1 NM_000558.5 5_prime_UTR
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.458
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

HBA1 (HGNC:4823): (hemoglobin subunit alpha 1) 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]

HBA1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• HBA1-related alpha thalassemia spectrum

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• alpha thalassemia spectrum

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

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, ClinGen
• unstable hemoglobin disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
• 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
• methemoglobinemia, alpha type

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
• Heinz body anemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ENSG00000294436 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.79).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000558.5. 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
	HBA1	NM_000558.5	MANE Select	c.-9G>T		5_prime_UTR	Exon 1 of 3	NP_000549.1	P69905

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	HBA1	ENST00000320868.9	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.-9G>T		5_prime_UTR	Exon 1 of 3	ENSP00000322421.5	P69905
	HBA1	ENST00000472694.1	TSL:1	n.11G>T		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 1 of 2
	HBA1	ENST00000875767.1		c.-9G>T		5_prime_UTR	Exon 1 of 3	ENSP00000545826.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 28

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000838 AC: 2 AN: 238624 AF XY: 0.00000770

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 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.0000186

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 28

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.79
CADD	Benign	7.9
DANN	Benign	0.67
PhyloP100		-0.46
PromoterAI		-0.042	Neutral

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: rs186315594; hg19: chr16-226707;