rs63750367

Variant names:

• chr16-172957-G-A
• rs63750367
• NM_000517.6:c.45G>A

Your query was ambiguous. Multiple possible variants found:

• chr16-172957-G-A
• chr16-172957-G-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1 PP5_Moderate

The NM_000517.6(HBA2):​c.45G>A​(p.Trp15*) variant causes a stop gained change. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 1)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000052 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: HBA2 NM_000517.6 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.88
• Publications: 0 publications found

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]

HBA2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• alpha thalassemia spectrum

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
• erythrocytosis, familial, 7

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• hemoglobin M disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hemoglobin H disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Heinz body anemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• methemoglobinemia, alpha type

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ENSG00000294455 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 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 76 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
• PP5: Variant 16-172957-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-172957-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 1330495.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HBA2	NM_000517.6	c.45G>A	p.Trp15*	stop_gained	Exon 1 of 3	ENST00000251595.11	NP_000508.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HBA2	ENST00000251595.11	c.45G>A	p.Trp15*	stop_gained	Exon 1 of 3	1	NM_000517.6	ENSP00000251595.6

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 1

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000519 AC: 2 AN: 385588 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 0 AF XY: 0.00000986 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 202828

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.000108 AC: 1 AN: 9298

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 16764

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 11852

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 25748

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 43832

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 24558

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1646

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000435 AC: 1 AN: 229960

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 21930

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.00000037155), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:1

Nov 07, 2022

ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The HBA2 c.45G>A; p.Trp15Ter variant (also known as Trp14Ter when numbered from the mature protein, HbVar ID: 2934), to our knowledge, is not reported in the medical literature but is reported in the HbVar database in individuals with alpha 2- thalassemia trait (see link to HbVar). This variant is absent from the Genome Aggregation Database, indicating it is not a common polymorphism. This variant induces an early termination codon and is predicted to result in a truncated protein or mRNA subject to nonsense-mediated decay. Based on available information, this variant is considered to be pathogenic. References: Link to HbVar: https://globin.bx.psu.edu/hbvar/hbvar.html -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.60	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.46
CADD	Pathogenic	36
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Uncertain	0.35
Eigen_PC	Benign	0.073
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.97	D
PhyloP100		3.9
Vest4		0.66
GERP RS		3.7
PromoterAI		0.13	Neutral

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.30		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai		0.30		Position offset: 1

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs63750367; hg19: chr16-222956;