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Submissions for variant NM_000521.4(HEXB):c.1627G>A (p.Ala543Thr)

gnomAD frequency: 0.00012  dbSNP: rs121907984
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Total submissions: 8
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Submitter RCV SCV Clinical significance Condition Last evaluated Review status Method Comment
Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga) RCV000079061 SCV000110930 other not provided 2012-12-18 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp RCV000079061 SCV000697176 likely benign not provided 2016-10-31 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing Variant summary: The HEXB c.1627G>A (p.Ala543Thr) variant causes a missense change involving a conserved nucleotide with 5/5 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome. The variant of interest was observed in the large, broad control population, ExAC, with an allele frequency of 115/120804 (1/1052, 1 homozygote), predominantly observed in the South Asian cohort, 92/16490 (1/179, 1 homozygote), which exceeds the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic HEXB variant of 1/676. Therefore, suggesting the variant is a common polymorphism found in population(s) of South Asian origin. The variant of interest has been reported in multiple affected and healthy homozygous individuals via publications. Functional studies have shown that the variant of interest is a heat labile allele, meaning that it leads to reduction in enzyme activity and mightresult in a false non-TSD or non-SD diagnosis. Likewise, a doubly heterozygous person, for TSD and for HLB, could be misdiagnosed as a normal homozygote. In addition, multiple reputable clinical diagnostic laboratories/databases cite the variant as "benign," along with the reporting cautionary awareness for the heat labile aspect. Therefore, to indicate the potential for the variant to cause false negative results, a classification of "Probable Normal Variant/Likely Benign," has been assigned to this variant.
Invitae RCV000987527 SCV001055645 likely benign Sandhoff disease 2024-01-21 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Mendelics RCV000987527 SCV001136840 likely benign Sandhoff disease 2019-05-28 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina RCV000987527 SCV001315843 likely benign Sandhoff disease 2018-01-18 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). Publications were found based on this search. The evidence from the literature, in combination with allele frequency data from public databases where available, was sufficient to determine this variant is unlikely to cause disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as likely benign.
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center RCV000987527 SCV001440662 likely benign Sandhoff disease 2019-01-01 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing
OMIM RCV000004085 SCV000024251 benign HEXOSAMINIDASE B, HEAT-LABILE POLYMORPHISM 1997-01-01 no assertion criteria provided literature only
Natera, Inc. RCV000987527 SCV002084958 benign Sandhoff disease 2020-01-09 no assertion criteria provided clinical testing

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