NM_000520.6:c.1444G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 20 ACMG points: 20P and 0B. PS3PM1PM2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000520.6(HEXA):​c.1444G>A​(p.Glu482Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000743 in 1,614,102 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 pathogenic (★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV002170069: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects HEXA function (PMID:1301190, 8328462, 27682588)." and additional evidence is available in ClinVar.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000075 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

HEXA
NM_000520.6 missense

Scores

16
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:7

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.49

Publications

9 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
HEXA (HGNC:4878): (hexosaminidase subunit alpha) This gene encodes a member of the glycosyl hydrolase 20 family of proteins. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the alpha subunit of the lysosomal enzyme beta-hexosaminidase. This enzyme, together with the cofactor GM2 activator protein, catalyzes the degradation of the ganglioside GM2, and other molecules containing terminal N-acetyl hexosamines. Mutations in this gene lead to an accumulation of GM2 ganglioside in neurons, the underlying cause of neurodegenerative disorders termed the GM2 gangliosidoses, including Tay-Sachs disease (GM2-gangliosidosis type I). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]
HEXA Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Tay-Sachs disease
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: ClinGen, Myriad Women’s Health, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, G2P

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 20 ACMG points.

PS3
PS3 evidence extracted from ClinVar submissions: SCV002170069: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects HEXA function (PMID: 1301190, 8328462, 27682588).; SCV002767346: Studies on patient fibroblasts demonstrated markedly reduced enzymatic activities and in vitro analysis demonstrated this is due to altered folding and inability to be secreted (PMID: 27682588).; SCV003934606: "At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function (Dersh_2019). The most pronounced variant effect results in abolishment of enzymatic activity against MUGS substrate, unprocessed by lysosomal proteases and altered folding as compared to the wild-type enzyme. This study also demonstrated that this variant retrotranslocated from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the cytosol and was degraded by the proteasome, indicating clearance via ER-associated degradation (ERAD)." PMID: 27682588; SCV003571847: Enzymatic activity was undetectable in both cultured patient fibroblasts and cells transiently expressing p.E482K. In addition, p.E482K was severely misfolded and degraded by the proteosome (Brown, 1993; Dersh, 2016).
PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 13 uncertain in NM_000520.6
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.991
PP5
Variant 15-72345528-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-72345528-C-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 3892.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000520.6. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HEXA
NM_000520.6
MANE Select
c.1444G>Ap.Glu482Lys
missense
Exon 13 of 14NP_000511.2P06865-1
HEXA
NM_001318825.2
c.1477G>Ap.Glu493Lys
missense
Exon 13 of 14NP_001305754.1H3BP20
HEXA
NR_134869.3
n.1229G>A
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 11 of 11

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HEXA
ENST00000268097.10
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.1444G>Ap.Glu482Lys
missense
Exon 13 of 14ENSP00000268097.6P06865-1
HEXA
ENST00000567159.5
TSL:1
c.1444G>Ap.Glu482Lys
missense
Exon 13 of 13ENSP00000456489.1H3BS10
ENSG00000260729
ENST00000379915.4
TSL:2
n.526G>A
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 5 of 16ENSP00000478716.1A0A087WUJ7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152240
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
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
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000795
AC:
2
AN:
251424
AF XY:
0.00000736
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000289
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.0000544
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000752
AC:
11
AN:
1461862
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000550
AC XY:
4
AN XY:
727228
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000224
AC:
1
AN:
44722
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26134
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000252
AC:
1
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86252
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53406
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000719
AC:
8
AN:
1112004
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.530
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
3
4
5
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152240
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74374
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000241
AC:
1
AN:
41462
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15288
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5200
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4832
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:
68048
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2094
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.575
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.000138
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000264

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions
Significance:Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Revision:criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
5
-
-
Tay-Sachs disease (5)
1
-
-
Inborn genetic diseases (1)
1
-
-
not provided (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.96
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.47
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.60
CADD
Pathogenic
29
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.98
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.1
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
1.0
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
1.0
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
1.0
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.41
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.0
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.5
H
PhyloP100
7.5
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.60
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.7
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.95
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.99
MutPred
0.98
Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0081)
MVP
1.0
MPC
0.79
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
5.7
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.99
gMVP
1.0
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.060
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: rs121907952; hg19: chr15-72637869; API
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