rs33960931

Positions:

• chr11-5226743-G-A
• chr11-5226743-G-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_000518.5(HBB):​c.149C>T​(p.Ser50Phe) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000657 in 152,122 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another nucleotide change resulting in the same amino acid substitution has been previously reported as Likely benign in UniProt.

• Frequency: Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 32)
• Consequence: HBB NM_000518.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.30

Genes affected

HBB (HGNC:4827): (hemoglobin subunit beta) The alpha (HBA) and beta (HBB) loci determine the structure of the 2 types of polypeptide chains in adult hemoglobin, Hb A. The normal adult hemoglobin tetramer consists of two alpha chains and two beta chains. Mutant beta globin causes sickle cell anemia. Absence of beta chain causes beta-zero-thalassemia. Reduced amounts of detectable beta globin causes beta-plus-thalassemia. The order of the genes in the beta-globin cluster is 5'-epsilon -- gamma-G -- gamma-A -- delta -- beta--3'. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.987

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HBB	NM_000518.5	c.149C>T	p.Ser50Phe	missense_variant	2/3	ENST00000335295.4	NP_000509.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HBB	ENST00000335295.4	c.149C>T	p.Ser50Phe	missense_variant	2/3	1	NM_000518.5	ENSP00000333994.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152122 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

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 Cov.: 36

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152122 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74306

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.0000655

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

Bravo AF: 0.0000264

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Dec 30, 2021

Variant summary: HBB c.149C>T (p.Ser50Phe), also known as Hemoglobin Las Palmas results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the globin domain (IPR000971) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 251424 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.149C>T has been reported in the literature as a mildly unstable variant in carrier individuals from Canary Islands with relatively normal hematological parameters (example, Malcorra-Azpiazu_1988) and also as a frequent cause for falsely abnormal HbA1c measurement among diabetic patient carriers living in the Canary Islands (example, Lorenzo-Medina_2012). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Hemoglobinopathy. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function. The most pronounced variant effect results in a mildly unstable hemoglobin based on heat denaturation and isopropanaol tests (example, Malcorra-Azpiazu_1988). No clinical diagnostic laboratory has submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

not provided Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Jul 25, 2023

The HBB c.149C>T (p.Ser50Phe) variant (also known as Hb Las Palmas) has been reported in the published literature in two healthy family members and was described as mildly unstable (PMID: 3384708 (1988)). This variant did not affect hematological values, though there was a slightly elevated reticulocyte count (PMID: 3384708 (1988)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.0000066 (1/152122 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded predictions that this variant is damaging. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

HEMOGLOBIN LAS PALMAS Other:1

other, no assertion criteria provided

literature only

OMIM

Dec 12, 2017

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.60
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.46	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.42
CADD	Uncertain	25
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.093	T;T;.;T
Eigen	Uncertain	0.58
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.55
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.83	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.91	.;D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.35	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.5	M;M;.;.
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.64	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.1	D;.;.;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.88
Sift	Uncertain	0.0090	D;.;.;D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.034	D;.;.;.
Polyphen		0.67	P;P;.;.
Vest4		0.84
MutPred		0.93		Loss of disorder (P = 0.0195);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0195);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0195);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0195);
MVP		0.96
MPC		0.077
ClinPred		0.97	D
GERP RS		5.1
Varity_R		0.68
gMVP		0.47

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs33960931; hg19: chr11-5247973;