IthaID: 2178


Names and Sequences

Functionality: Globin gene causative mutation Pathogenicity: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic
Common Name: -88 C>G HGVS Name: HBB:c.-138C>G
Hb Name: N/A Protein Info: β nt -88 C>G

Context nucleotide sequence:
TTAGACCTCACCCTGTGGAGCCACA [C>G] CCTAGGGTTGGCCAATCTACTCCCA (Strand: -)

Also known as:

Comments: Carriers of this beta-thalassemia are clinically asymptomatic.

We follow the HGVS sequence variant nomenclature and IUPAC standards.

Phenotype

Hemoglobinopathy Group: Thalassaemia
Hemoglobinopathy Subgroup: β-thalassaemia
Allele Phenotype:β+
Associated Phenotypes: Haemolytic anaemia [HP:0001878]
Ineffective erythropoiesis [HP:0010972]

Location

Chromosome: 11
Locus: NG_000007.3
Locus Location: 70457
Size: 1 bp
Located at: β
Specific Location: Promoter

Other details

Type of Mutation: Point-Mutation(Substitution)
Effect on Gene/Protein Function: Promoter (Transcription)
Ethnic Origin: British, Chinese
Molecular mechanism: N/A
Inheritance: Recessive
DNA Sequence Determined: Yes

In silico pathogenicity prediction

Publications / Origin

  1. Henderson SJ, Timbs AT, McCarthy J, Gallienne AE, Proven M, Rugless MJ, Lopez H, Eglinton J, Dziedzic D, Beardsall M, Khalil MS, Old JM, Ten Years of Routine α- and β-Globin Gene Sequencing in UK Hemoglobinopathy Referrals Reveals 60 Novel Mutations., Hemoglobin , 40(2), 75-84, 2016
  2. Li W, Chen LT, Yu Y, Wang J, Li CY, Cai TE, Lu CJ, Li DX, Tian XJ, [Molecular genetic characteristics of a family which coinheritance of rare-88 C>G () β-thalassemia mutation with α-thalassemia and review of the literature]., Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi, 57(2), 253-258, 2023
Created on 2013-09-30 15:54:02, Last reviewed on 2023-03-20 16:45:12 (Show full history)

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