Description
This sequence change replaces histidine, which is basic and polar, with aspartic acid, which is acidic and polar, at codon 63 of the HFE protein (p.His63Asp). This variant is present in population databases (rs1799945, gnomAD 14%), and has an allele count higher than expected for a pathogenic variant. This is a very common, low penetrance variant that is known to contribute to hemochromatosis when present with a second pathogenic allele in HFE. An estimated 1.5% of individuals of European descent who are affected with hemochromatosis are homozygous for this variant (PMID: 11479183), however, penetrance of the homozygous genotype is very low and is associated with variable phenotypes (PMID: 24729993, 11399207, 16132052, 11358905). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 10). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on HFE protein function. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects HFE function (PMID: 9162021, 9356458, 12429850, 14673107). In summary, this variant is reported to cause disease. However, as this variant is associated with a lower penetrance than other pathogenic alleles in the HFE gene, it has been classified as Pathogenic (low penetrance).
| # | Sample | Method | Observation |
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| Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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| 1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
