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NM_000521.4(HEXB):c.170G>A (p.Trp57Ter) AND Sandhoff disease

Germline classification:
Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic (3 submissions)
Last evaluated:
Oct 27, 2022
Review status:
2 stars out of maximum of 4 stars
criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
Somatic classification
of clinical impact:
None
Review status:
(0/4) 0 stars out of maximum of 4 stars
no assertion criteria provided
Somatic classification
of oncogenicity:
None
Review status:
(0/4) 0 stars out of maximum of 4 stars
no assertion criteria provided
Record status:
current
Accession:
RCV000491131.4

Allele description

NM_000521.4(HEXB):c.170G>A (p.Trp57Ter)

Gene:
HEXB:hexosaminidase subunit beta [Gene - OMIM - HGNC]
Variant type:
single nucleotide variant
Cytogenetic location:
5q13.3
Genomic location:
Preferred name:
NM_000521.4(HEXB):c.170G>A (p.Trp57Ter)
HGVS:
  • NC_000005.10:g.74685430G>A
  • NG_009770.2:g.50408G>A
  • NM_000521.4:c.170G>AMANE SELECT
  • NM_001292004.2:c.-376-3898G>A
  • NP_000512.2:p.Trp57Ter
  • NC_000005.9:g.73981255G>A
  • NM_000521.3:c.170G>A
Protein change:
W57*
Links:
dbSNP: rs1114167287
NCBI 1000 Genomes Browser:
rs1114167287
Molecular consequence:
  • NM_001292004.2:c.-376-3898G>A - intron variant - [Sequence Ontology: SO:0001627]
  • NM_000521.4:c.170G>A - nonsense - [Sequence Ontology: SO:0001587]

Condition(s)

Name:
Sandhoff disease
Synonyms:
GM2-GANGLIOSIDOSIS, TYPE II; HEXOSAMINIDASES A AND B DEFICIENCY; Beta-hexosaminidase-beta-subunit deficiency; See all synonyms [MedGen]
Identifiers:
MONDO: MONDO:0010006; MedGen: C0036161; Orphanet: 796; OMIM: 268800

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Assertion and evidence details

Submission AccessionSubmitterReview Status
(Assertion method)
Clinical Significance
(Last evaluated)
OriginMethodCitations
SCV000282195Lupski Lab, Baylor-Hopkins CMG, Baylor College of Medicine - The combination of WES, CNV-derived from WES, paralog studies, and GeneMatcher provide potential molecular diagnosis in a cohort from Saudi Arabia
no assertion criteria provided
Pathogenic
(Jan 10, 2016)
inheritedresearch

SCV002600744Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
criteria provided, single submitter

(LabCorp Variant Classification Summary - May 2015)
Likely pathogenic
(Oct 27, 2022)
germlineclinical testing

PubMed (1)
[See all records that cite this PMID]

Citation Link,

SCV003525833Invitae
criteria provided, single submitter

(Invitae Variant Classification Sherloc (09022015))
Pathogenic
(Sep 23, 2022)
germlineclinical testing

PubMed (4)
[See all records that cite these PMIDs]

Summary from all submissions

EthnicityOriginAffectedIndividualsFamiliesChromosomes testedNumber TestedFamily historyMethod
not providedgermlineunknownnot providednot providednot providednot providednot providedclinical testing
not providedinheritedyes1not providednot providednot providednoresearch

Citations

PubMed

Exome sequencing in mostly consanguineous Arab families with neurologic disease provides a high potential molecular diagnosis rate.

Charng WL, Karaca E, Coban Akdemir Z, Gambin T, Atik MM, Gu S, Posey JE, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Doddapaneni H, Hu J, Boerwinkle E, Gibbs RA, Rosenfeld JA, Cui H, Xia F, Manickam K, Yang Y, Faqeih EA, Al Asmari A, Saleh MA, El-Hattab AW, et al.

BMC Med Genomics. 2016 Jul 19;9(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12920-016-0208-3.

PubMed [citation]
PMID:
27435318
PMCID:
PMC4950750

Mouse models of Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases differ in neurologic phenotype and ganglioside metabolism.

Sango K, Yamanaka S, Hoffmann A, Okuda Y, Grinberg A, Westphal H, McDonald MP, Crawley JN, Sandhoff K, Suzuki K, Proia RL.

Nat Genet. 1995 Oct;11(2):170-6.

PubMed [citation]
PMID:
7550345
See all PubMed Citations (4)

Details of each submission

From Lupski Lab, Baylor-Hopkins CMG, Baylor College of Medicine - The combination of WES, CNV-derived from WES, paralog studies, and GeneMatcher provide potential molecular diagnosis in a cohort from Saudi Arabia, SCV000282195.1

#EthnicityIndividualsChromosomes TestedFamily HistoryMethodCitations
1not provided1not providednoresearchnot provided
#SampleMethodObservation
OriginAffectedNumber testedTissuePurposeMethodIndividualsAllele frequencyFamiliesCo-occurrences
1inheritedyesnot providednot providednot provided1not providednot providednot provided

From Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp, SCV002600744.1

#EthnicityIndividualsChromosomes TestedFamily HistoryMethodCitations
1not providednot providednot providednot providedclinical testing PubMed (1)

Description

Variant summary: HEXB c.170G>A (p.Trp57X) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. Truncations downstream of this position have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory. The variant was absent in 225874 control chromosomes. c.170G>A has been reported in the literature in a homozygous patient with neurological disease (Charng_2016). To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. One clinical diagnostic laboratory has submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. One laboratory classified the variant as pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic.

#SampleMethodObservation
OriginAffectedNumber testedTissuePurposeMethodIndividualsAllele frequencyFamiliesCo-occurrences
1germlineunknownnot providednot providednot providednot providednot providednot providednot provided

From Invitae, SCV003525833.2

#EthnicityIndividualsChromosomes TestedFamily HistoryMethodCitations
1not providednot providednot providednot providedclinical testing PubMed (4)

Description

For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 242876). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with HEXB-related conditions (PMID: 27435318). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Trp57*) in the HEXB gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in HEXB are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 7550345, 18758829).

#SampleMethodObservation
OriginAffectedNumber testedTissuePurposeMethodIndividualsAllele frequencyFamiliesCo-occurrences
1germlineunknownnot providednot providednot providednot providednot providednot providednot provided

Last Updated: Feb 14, 2024