NM_000518.5:c.212C>T

Variant names:

• chr11-5226680-G-A
• rs33946401
• NM_000518.5:c.212C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_000518.5(HBB):​c.212C>T​(p.Ala71Val) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,862 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. 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. A71D) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: HBB NM_000518.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.82
• Publications: 2 publications found

Genes affected

HBB (HGNC:4827): (hemoglobin subunit beta) The alpha (HBA) and beta (HBB) loci determine the structure of the 2 types of polypeptide chains in adult hemoglobin, Hb A. The normal adult hemoglobin tetramer consists of two alpha chains and two beta chains. Mutant beta globin causes sickle cell anemia. Absence of beta chain causes beta-zero-thalassemia. Reduced amounts of detectable beta globin causes beta-plus-thalassemia. The order of the genes in the beta-globin cluster is 5'-epsilon -- gamma-G -- gamma-A -- delta -- beta--3'. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

HBB Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• dominant beta-thalassemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
• hemoglobin M disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen
• beta thalassemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
• beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB

  Inheritance: AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• sickle cell disease and related diseases

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• erythrocytosis, familial, 6

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• Heinz body anemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• sickle cell disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-beta-thalassemia syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• beta-thalassemia intermedia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• beta-thalassemia major

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• delta-beta-thalassemia

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

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndrome

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

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-sickle cell disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-beta-thalassemia disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-hemoglobin c disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-hemoglobin d disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• sickle cell-hemoglobin E disease syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000298932 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 13 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 3 benign, 33 uncertain in NM_000518.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.97

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HBB	NM_000518.5	c.212C>T	p.Ala71Val	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	ENST00000335295.4	NP_000509.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HBB	ENST00000335295.4	c.212C>T	p.Ala71Val	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	1	NM_000518.5	ENSP00000333994.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461862 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 36 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727242

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53416

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1111986

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Jun 11, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: HBB c.212C>T (p.Ala71Val), also reported as Hb Marineo [70(E14)Ala Val], results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change. The variant was absent in 251418 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.212C>T in individuals affected with HBB-related conditions and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 16798637, 33675809, 17932132, 28296713, 19500561, 20059533, 21353607, 19591816). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 15621). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

HEMOGLOBIN MARINEO Other:1

Dec 12, 2017

OMIM

Significance: other

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: literature only

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.76
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.42	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.37
CADD	Uncertain	24
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.057	T;T;.;T
Eigen	Uncertain	0.48
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.37
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.93	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.80	.;T;T;T
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.24	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.97	D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.66	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.2	M;M;.;.
PhyloP100		4.8
PrimateAI	Benign	0.38	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.7	D;.;.;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.69
Sift	Uncertain	0.0010	D;.;.;D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.030	D;.;.;.
Polyphen		0.94	P;P;.;.
Vest4		0.87
MutPred		0.75		Loss of disorder (P = 0.1098);Loss of disorder (P = 0.1098);Loss of disorder (P = 0.1098);Loss of disorder (P = 0.1098);
MVP		0.85
MPC		0.14
ClinPred		0.98	D
GERP RS		5.1
PromoterAI		-0.010	Neutral
Varity_R		0.71
gMVP		0.87
Mutation Taster		=5/95	disease causing

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: rs33946401; hg19: chr11-5247910; COSMIC: COSV104647174; COSMIC: COSV104647174;