NM_000518.5:c.397A>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 6P and 8B. PM1PM2PP3_ModerateBP6_Very_Strong

The NM_000518.5(HBB):​c.397A>C​(p.Lys133Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,812 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 Likely benign (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. K133N) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

HBB
NM_000518.5 missense

Scores

13
4
2

Clinical Significance

Likely benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:3O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.21

Publications

6 publications found
Variant links:
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

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 11 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 6 benign, 38 uncertain in NM_000518.5
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.92
BP6
Variant 11-5225645-T-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr11-5225645-T-G is described in ClinVar as Likely_benign. ClinVar VariationId is 15233.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
HBBNM_000518.5 linkc.397A>C p.Lys133Gln missense_variant Exon 3 of 3 ENST00000335295.4 NP_000509.1 P68871D9YZU5

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
HBBENST00000335295.4 linkc.397A>C p.Lys133Gln missense_variant Exon 3 of 3 1 NM_000518.5 ENSP00000333994.3 P68871

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
6.84e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1461812
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
727222
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000299
AC:
1
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26134
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39694
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86258
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:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1111948
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60390
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
Heterozygous variant carriers
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0
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2
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0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
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GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Likely benign
Submissions summary: Benign:3Other:1
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Benign:2
Oct 02, 2023
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jul 25, 2023
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified Benign:1
Nov 20, 2018
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: HBB c.397A>C (p.Lys133Gln) results in a conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 246104 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.397A>C has been reported in the literature from many African countries, reported mainly in the people of the Akan group in West Africa, found predominantly in the Attie subgroup (Ali 2015), which may explain its absence in the gnomAD database due to insufficient coverage of that ethnic group. Several families were reported with heterozygotes and at least one family with a homozygote individual, with none of them expressing any clinical manifestation or hematological abnormality (Ringelhann 1971, Cabannes 1980, Zago 1986, Ali 2015). In addition, functional studies have shown that there were no morphological changes in the red blood cells of heterozygotes, osmotic fragility was within the normal range (Ringelhann 1971), and the variant resulted in no globin chain synthesis imbalance in reticulocytes (Zago 1986). ClinVar has got an entry for the variant, without a classification specified. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely benign. -

HEMOGLOBIN K (WOOLWICH) Other:1
Dec 12, 2017
OMIM
Significance:other
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.89
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.51
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.50
CADD
Uncertain
24
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.29
T;T
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.83
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.74
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.98
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.98
.;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.55
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.92
D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.1
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.6
H;H
PhyloP100
7.2
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.58
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.1
D;.
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.95
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;.
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0010
D;.
Polyphen
0.99
D;D
Vest4
0.78
MutPred
0.76
Loss of methylation at K133 (P = 0.0014);Loss of methylation at K133 (P = 0.0014);
MVP
1.0
MPC
0.24
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
4.7
Varity_R
0.64
gMVP
0.97
Mutation Taster
=8/92
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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs33953406; hg19: chr11-5246875; API