rs41338947

chr16-173323-C-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):c.294C>A(p.Asn98Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another nucleotide change resulting in same amino acid change has been previously reported as Likely benignin UniProt.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 24)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0 (0 hom.)
  • Failed GnomAD Quality Control
• Consequence: HBA2 NM_000517.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 1.89

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 4 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 3 benign, 5 uncertain in NM_000517.6
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.986

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
HBA2	NM_000517.6	c.294C>A	p.Asn98Lys	missense_variant	2/3	ENST00000251595.11

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
HBA2	ENST00000251595.11	c.294C>A	p.Asn98Lys	missense_variant	2/3	1	NM_000517.6	P1
HBA2	ENST00000484216.1	c.264C>A	p.Asn88Lys	missense_variant	2/2	1
HBA2	ENST00000482565.1	n.430C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	1/2	1
HBA2	ENST00000397806.1	c.198C>A	p.Asn66Lys	missense_variant	2/3	2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 24

GnomAD4 exome Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AC0;AS_VQSR AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1427484 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 30 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 710150

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

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: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 24

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories	Apr 30, 2021	The Hb Dallas variant (HBA2: c.294C>A; p.Asn98Lys, also known as Asn97Lys when numbered from the mature protein, rs41338947) has been reported in the literature in a heterozygote with mild erythrocytosis (see HbVar and references therein). However, the phenotype of this variant in the presence of other alpha globin variants is unknown. Functional analyses show the variant protein is stable but with increased oxygen affinity (HbVar, Lendaro 1992). This variant is absent from the Genome Aggregation Database, indicating it is not a common polymorphism. The asparagine at codon 98 is moderately conserved, and computational analyses predict that this variant is deleterious (REVEL: 0.888). However, given the lack of clinical and functional data, the significance of the p.Asn98Lys variant is uncertain at this time. References: HbVar for Hb Dallas: https://globin.bx.psu.edu/cgi-bin/hbvar/query_vars3?mode=output&display_format=page&i=162 Lendaro E et al. Hemoglobin Dallas (alpha 97(G4)Asn-->Lys): functional characterization of a high oxygen affinity natural mutant. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1992 Oct 13;1180(1):15-20. PMID: 1390940. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano	Jan 14, 2021	- -

HEMOGLOBIN DALLAS Other:1

other, no assertion criteria provided

literature only

OMIM

Jul 20, 2016

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.20	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.050
Cadd	Benign	22
Dann	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Uncertain	0.43
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.29
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.91	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.91	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.78	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.7	D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.89
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0010	D;D
Vest4		0.60
MutPred		0.97		Gain of methylation at N98 (P = 0.0068);.;
MVP		1.0
MPC		2.6
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		3.3
gMVP		0.99

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: rs41338947; hg19: chr16-223322;