rs386134236

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points: 0P and 5B. BP4_StrongBP6

The ENST00000485743.1(HBB):c.-51T>C variant causes a 5 prime UTR change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000821 in 1,230,322 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00039 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000039 ( 1 hom. )

Consequence

HBB
ENST00000485743.1 5_prime_UTR

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:2B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.405

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

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]

HBB Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

dominant beta-thalassemia
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
hemoglobin M disease
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen
beta thalassemia
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB
Inheritance: AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
sickle cell disease and related diseases
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
erythrocytosis, familial, 6
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
Heinz body anemia
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
sickle cell disease
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-beta-thalassemia syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
beta-thalassemia intermedia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
beta-thalassemia major
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
delta-beta-thalassemia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hemoglobin C disease
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hemoglobin E disease
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-sickle cell disease syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
sickle cell-beta-thalassemia disease syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
sickle cell-hemoglobin c disease syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
sickle cell-hemoglobin d disease syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
sickle cell-hemoglobin E disease syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

HBB links:

ENSG00000298932 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000298932 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.64).

BP6

Variant 11-5227072-A-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr11-5227072-A-G is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 36293.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HBB	NM_000518.5 link	c.-51T>C		upstream_gene_variant		ENST00000335295.4	NP_000509.1	P68871D9YZU5

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HBB	ENST00000335295.4 link	c.-51T>C		upstream_gene_variant		1	NM_000518.5	ENSP00000333994.3		P68871

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.000381

AC:

AN:

152210

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00138

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.0000654

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:

0.000120

AC:

AN:

249216

AF XY:

0.0000891

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00180

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000291

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS 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:

0.0000390

AC:

AN:

1077994

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000289

AC XY:

AN XY:

554212

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00131

AC:

AN:

25868

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000453

AC:

AN:

44152

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

23720

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

38160

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

79418

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53112

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5022

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

760820

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000126

AC:

AN:

47722

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.508

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.000387

AC:

AN:

152328

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000416

AC XY:

AN XY:

74488

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00140

AC:

AN:

41568

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000653

AC:

AN:

15304

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5170

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4832

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10628

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68034

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2114

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.497

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

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30-35

35-40

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>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.000391

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.000487

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:1Benign:1

Jul 16, 2024

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The HBB c.-51T>C variant has been reported in the published literature in an infant with sickle cell disease who also carried the pathogenic Hb S variant (PMID: 26658910 (2016)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.0019 (46/24808 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

Mar 25, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified

Uncertain:1

May 21, 2025

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

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: HBB c.-51T>C is located in the untranscribed region upstream of the HBB gene region. Consensus agreement among computation tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. However, these predictions have yet to be confirmed by functional studies. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00017 in 280600 control chromosomes, predominantly at a frequency of 0.0019 within the African or African-American subpopulation in the gnomAD database. This frequency is not significantly higher than estimated for a pathogenic variant in HBB causing Hemoglobinopathy (0.00017 vs 0.011), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. c.-51T>C has been observed in individual(s) affected with Hemoglobinopathy (Kunz_2016, Poon_2021). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Hemoglobinopathy. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 26658910, 33279152). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 36293). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.64

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.78

PhyloP100

0.41

BranchPoint Hunter

2.0

PromoterAI

0.052

Neutral

(source)

Splicing

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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