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rs1270810159

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points: 16P and 0B. PVS1PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):c.69del(p.Glu24SerfsTer26) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. G23G) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0 ( 0 hom., cov: 2)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000096 ( 0 hom. )
Failed GnomAD Quality Control

Consequence

HBA2
NM_000517.6 frameshift

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: -3.95
Variant links:
Genes affected
HBA2 (HGNC:4824): (hemoglobin subunit alpha 2) The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'. The alpha-2 (HBA2) and alpha-1 (HBA1) coding sequences are identical. These genes differ slightly over the 5' untranslated regions and the introns, but they differ significantly over the 3' untranslated regions. Two alpha chains plus two beta chains constitute HbA, which in normal adult life comprises about 97% of the total hemoglobin; alpha chains combine with delta chains to constitute HbA-2, which with HbF (fetal hemoglobin) makes up the remaining 3% of adult hemoglobin. Alpha thalassemias result from deletions of each of the alpha genes as well as deletions of both HBA2 and HBA1; some nondeletion alpha thalassemias have also been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product does not undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Variant located near the start codon (<100nt), not predicted to undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. There are 53 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
PP5
Variant 16-172980-GC-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-172980-GC-G is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 439123.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr16-172980-GC-G is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
HBA2NM_000517.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.69del p.Glu24SerfsTer26 frameshift_variant 1/3 ENST00000251595.11

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
HBA2ENST00000251595.11 linkuse as main transcriptc.69del p.Glu24SerfsTer26 frameshift_variant 1/31 NM_000517.6 P1
HBA2ENST00000484216.1 linkuse as main transcriptc.38del p.Glu14SerfsTer26 frameshift_variant 1/21
HBA2ENST00000482565.1 linkuse as main transcriptn.88del non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/21
HBA2ENST00000397806.1 linkuse as main transcriptc.-2+23del intron_variant 2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5238
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
2
FAILED QC
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
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
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000561
AC:
3
AN:
53510
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000742
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
26968
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000408
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000950
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000956
AC:
4
AN:
418318
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000136
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
219956
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.000196
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000554
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000417
GnomAD4 genome
Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AC0
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5238
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
2
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
2548
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:2
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingQuest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan CapistranoJan 13, 2021This variant causes the premature termination of HBA2 protein synthesis, and has been reported in heterozygous carriers with mild microcytic anemia in the published literature (PMIDs: 16512835 (2006) and 17486494 (2007)). Functional studies showed that this variant does not affect RNA splicing, but the mRNA transcript is subject to nonsense-mediated decay (PMID: 16512835 (2006)). Therefore, the variant is classified as pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP LaboratoriesAug 23, 2022The HBA2 c.69delC; p.Glu24SerfsTer26 variant (rs1270810159), also known as codon 22 (-C), is reported in the literature in the heterozygous state in individuals with microcytic and hypochromic anemia (Luo 2007, Pereira 2006). This variant is also reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 439123). This variant is found in the general population with an overall allele frequency of 0.006% (3/53510 alleles) in the Genome Aggregation Database. This variant causes a frameshift by deleting a single nucleotide, and has been shown to result in a truncated mRNA subject to nonsense-mediated decay (Pereira 2006). Based on available information, this variant is considered to be pathogenic. References: Luo HY et al. Two new alpha-thalassemia frameshift mutations. Hemoglobin. 2007;31(2):135-9. PMID: 17486494. Pereira FJ et al. Human alpha2-globin nonsense-mediated mRNA decay induced by a novel alpha-thalassaemia frameshift mutation at codon 22. Br J Haematol. 2006 Apr;133(1):98-102. PMID: 16512835. -
alpha Thalassemia Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingNatera, Inc.May 20, 2019- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

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Splicing

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SpliceAI score (max)
0.11
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1270810159; hg19: chr16-222979; API