chr5-74693693-G-C

Variant names:

• chr5-74693693-G-C
• rs951616685
• NM_000521.4:c.500G>C

Variant summary

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

The NM_000521.4(HEXB):​c.500G>C​(p.Gly167Ala) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: HEXB NM_000521.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.94
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

HEXB (HGNC:4879): (hexosaminidase subunit beta) Hexosaminidase B is the beta subunit of the lysosomal enzyme beta-hexosaminidase that, together with the cofactor GM2 activator protein, catalyzes the degradation of the ganglioside GM2, and other molecules containing terminal N-acetyl hexosamines. Beta-hexosaminidase is composed of two subunits, alpha and beta, which are encoded by separate genes. Both beta-hexosaminidase alpha and beta subunits are members of family 20 of glycosyl hydrolases. Mutations in the alpha or beta subunit genes lead to an accumulation of GM2 ganglioside in neurons and neurodegenerative disorders termed the GM2 gangliosidoses. Beta subunit gene mutations lead to Sandhoff disease (GM2-gangliosidosis type II). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]

HEXB Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Sandhoff disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Myriad Women’s Health, ClinGen, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P

ACMG classification

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

• PM1: In a chain Beta-hexosaminidase subunit beta chain B (size 189) in uniprot entity HEXB_HUMAN there are 15 pathogenic changes around while only 2 benign (88%) in NM_000521.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.984

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000521.4. 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
	HEXB	NM_000521.4	MANE Select	c.500G>C	p.Gly167Ala	missense	Exon 3 of 14	NP_000512.2	P07686
	HEXB	NM_001292004.2		c.-176G>C		5_prime_UTR	Exon 3 of 14	NP_001278933.1	Q5URX0

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	HEXB	ENST00000261416.12	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.500G>C	p.Gly167Ala	missense	Exon 3 of 14	ENSP00000261416.7	P07686
	HEXB	ENST00000511181.5	TSL:1	c.-176G>C		5_prime_UTR	Exon 3 of 14	ENSP00000426285.1	Q5URX0
	HEXB	ENST00000510820.1	TSL:3	n.219G>C		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 1 of 4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 29

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Uncertain significance

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
-	1	-	Sandhoff disease (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.75
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.50	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.48
CADD	Pathogenic	28
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.92
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.32	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.98	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
PhyloP100		6.9
PrimateAI	Benign	0.40	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.8	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.90
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Vest4		0.88
MutPred		0.91		Loss of catalytic residue at A168 (P = 0.1178)
MVP		0.98
MPC		0.73
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.8
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.7
gMVP		0.91
Mutation Taster		=25/75	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: rs951616685; hg19: chr5-73989518;