rs121907958

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PS3PM2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000520.6(HEXA):​c.1260G>C​(p.Trp420Cys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000248 in 1,613,938 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 Pathogenic (★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV001389887: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects HEXA function (PMID:2144098)." and additional evidence is available in ClinVar. Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. W420S) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000026 ( 0 hom., cov: 30)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000025 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

HEXA
NM_000520.6 missense

Scores

14
4

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.78

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 18 ACMG points.

PS3
PS3 evidence extracted from ClinVar submissions: SCV001389887: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects HEXA function (PMID: 2144098).; SCV005687910: Published functional studies demonstrate the W420C variant results in a non-functional protein (PMID: 2144098, 18490185)
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.985
PP5
Variant 15-72346597-C-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-72346597-C-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 3901.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.1260G>Cp.Trp420Cys
missense
Exon 11 of 14NP_000511.2P06865-1
HEXA
NM_001318825.2
c.1293G>Cp.Trp431Cys
missense
Exon 11 of 14NP_001305754.1H3BP20
HEXA
NR_134869.3
n.1116-272G>C
intron
N/A

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HEXA
ENST00000268097.10
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.1260G>Cp.Trp420Cys
missense
Exon 11 of 14ENSP00000268097.6P06865-1
HEXA
ENST00000567159.5
TSL:1
c.1260G>Cp.Trp420Cys
missense
Exon 11 of 13ENSP00000456489.1H3BS10
CELF6-AS1
ENST00000570175.1
TSL:1
n.1377C>G
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 2 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000263
AC:
4
AN:
152126
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000483
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:
0.0000294
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000795
AC:
2
AN:
251462
AF XY:
0.00
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000176
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000246
AC:
36
AN:
1461812
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.0000234
AC XY:
17
AN XY:
727216
show subpopulations
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:
86254
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53418
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5732
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000306
AC:
34
AN:
1111974
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000331
AC:
2
AN:
60394
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.451
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
2
4
7
9
11
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:
0.0000263
AC:
4
AN:
152126
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.0000269
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
74302
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000483
AC:
2
AN:
41414
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15260
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5188
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4822
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10618
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000294
AC:
2
AN:
68036
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.513
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome 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
Alfa
AF:
0.0000675
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000378
TwinsUK
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ALSPAC
AF:
0.000259
AC:
1
ExAC
AF:
0.00000824
AC:
1
EpiCase
AF:
0.00
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions
Significance:Pathogenic
Revision:criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
1
-
-
not provided (1)
1
-
-
Tay-Sachs disease (2)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.97
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.51
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.51
CADD
Pathogenic
28
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.96
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.90
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.89
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
1.0
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.22
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.3
M
PhyloP100
7.8
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.65
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-12
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.88
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.95
MutPred
0.90
Gain of catalytic residue at P419 (P = 0.0088)
MVP
1.0
MPC
0.95
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
5.9
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.99
gMVP
0.98
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs121907958; hg19: chr15-72638938; API
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