chr15-72344098-CT-C

Variant names:

• chr15-72344098-CT-C
• NM_000520.6:c.1568delA

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2

The NM_000520.6(HEXA):​c.1568delA​(p.Glu523GlyfsTer22) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar. Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. E523E) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: HEXA NM_000520.6 frameshift
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.03
• Publications: 0 publications found

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

ENSG00000260729 (HGNC:):

CELF6-AS1 (HGNC:58304):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 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. Fraction of 0.0138 CDS is truncated, and there are 0 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_000520.6. 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
	HEXA	NM_000520.6	MANE Select	c.1568delA	p.Glu523GlyfsTer22	frameshift	Exon 14 of 14	NP_000511.2	P06865-1
	HEXA	NM_001318825.2		c.1601delA	p.Glu534GlyfsTer22	frameshift	Exon 14 of 14	NP_001305754.1	H3BP20

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	HEXA	ENST00000268097.10	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.1568delA	p.Glu523GlyfsTer22	frameshift	Exon 14 of 14	ENSP00000268097.6	P06865-1
	ENSG00000260729	ENST00000379915.4	TSL:2	n.608+1347delA		intron	N/A	ENSP00000478716.1	A0A087WUJ7
	CELF6-AS1	ENST00000570175.1	TSL:1	n.166-1287delT		intron	N/A

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		3.0

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.15		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

hg19: chr15-72636439;