rs28941770

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Moderate

The NM_000520.6(HEXA):​c.533G>T​(p.Arg178Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000124 in 1,613,180 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 Likely pathogenic (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R178C) has been classified as Pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

HEXA
NM_000520.6 missense

Scores

15
3

Clinical Significance

Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.81

Publications

40 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 12 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 6 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 7 uncertain in NM_000520.6
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr15-72353106-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 3897.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.992
PP5
Variant 15-72353105-C-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-72353105-C-A is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 3912.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 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.533G>Tp.Arg178Leu
missense
Exon 5 of 14NP_000511.2P06865-1
HEXA
NM_001318825.2
c.566G>Tp.Arg189Leu
missense
Exon 5 of 14NP_001305754.1H3BP20
HEXA
NR_134869.3
n.575G>T
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 5 of 11

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
HEXA
ENST00000268097.10
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.533G>Tp.Arg178Leu
missense
Exon 5 of 14ENSP00000268097.6P06865-1
HEXA
ENST00000567159.5
TSL:1
c.533G>Tp.Arg178Leu
missense
Exon 5 of 13ENSP00000456489.1H3BS10
ENSG00000260729
ENST00000379915.4
TSL:2
n.412+2454G>T
intron
N/AENSP00000478716.1A0A087WUJ7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000658
AC:
1
AN:
152090
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000655
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
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
6.84e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1461090
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
726890
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33456
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44710
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26130
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39692
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86240
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53414
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5762
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
9.00e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1111342
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60344
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
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

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:
0.00000658
AC:
1
AN:
152090
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74294
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41394
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000655
AC:
1
AN:
15272
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5194
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4828
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:
68008
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2088
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.475
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Revision:criteria provided, single submitter
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
1
-
-
not provided (1)
-
-
-
Tay-Sachs disease (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.98
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.58
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.59
CADD
Pathogenic
28
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.99
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.1
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
1.0
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.41
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.94
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.2
H
PhyloP100
7.8
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.75
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-6.7
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.99
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0020
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.97
MutPred
0.99
Loss of disorder (P = 0.0893)
MVP
1.0
MPC
0.84
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
5.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.98
gMVP
0.98
Mutation Taster
=197/103
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.060
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: rs28941770; hg19: chr15-72645446; API