rs121907983

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000521.4(HEXB):​c.1514G>A​(p.Arg505Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000434 in 1,613,820 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R505W) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000047 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

HEXB
NM_000521.4 missense

Scores

13
4

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:9

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.89

Publications

16 publications found
Variant links:
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

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 3 uncertain in NM_000521.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr5-74720647-C-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 975004.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.991
PP5
Variant 5-74720648-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr5-74720648-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 3879.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

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.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HEXB
NM_000521.4
MANE Select
c.1514G>Ap.Arg505Gln
missense
Exon 13 of 14NP_000512.2P07686
HEXB
NM_001292004.2
c.839G>Ap.Arg280Gln
missense
Exon 13 of 14NP_001278933.1Q5URX0

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HEXB
ENST00000261416.12
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.1514G>Ap.Arg505Gln
missense
Exon 13 of 14ENSP00000261416.7P07686
HEXB
ENST00000511181.5
TSL:1
c.839G>Ap.Arg280Gln
missense
Exon 13 of 14ENSP00000426285.1Q5URX0
HEXB
ENST00000513336.5
TSL:3
c.449G>Ap.Arg150Gln
missense
Exon 5 of 6ENSP00000423713.1H0Y9B6

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152110
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000131
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:
0.0000318
AC:
8
AN:
251186
AF XY:
0.0000442
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.000116
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000264
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000465
AC:
68
AN:
1461710
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.0000481
AC XY:
35
AN XY:
727180
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33474
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000894
AC:
4
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26132
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39696
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000348
AC:
3
AN:
86246
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:
0.0000540
AC:
60
AN:
1111868
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60386
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.443
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
4
8
11
15
19
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
4
8
12
16
20
<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:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152110
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74312
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41402
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000131
AC:
2
AN:
15276
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3468
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5194
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4824
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10608
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68022
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2088
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.350
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
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:
0.0000424
Hom.:
0
TwinsUK
AF:
0.000270
AC:
1
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ExAC
AF:
0.0000165
AC:
2
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
8
-
-
Sandhoff disease (8)
1
-
-
Sandhoff disease, adult form (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.63
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.41
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.57
CADD
Pathogenic
32
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.93
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.2
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
1.1
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.34
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.0
D
PhyloP100
7.9
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.60
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.6
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.95
Sift
Uncertain
0.0020
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0030
D
Vest4
0.99
MutPred
0.99
Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0164)
MVP
1.0
MPC
0.77
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
6.1
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.1
gMVP
0.98
Mutation Taster
=2/98
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.030
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: rs121907983; hg19: chr5-74016473; COSMIC: COSV99714641; COSMIC: COSV99714641; API