Is HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C) pathogenic?

HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C) is classified Pathogenic in HBB (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-05-24). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.8584); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB.

What condition is associated with HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C)?

HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C) is associated with beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB, erythrocytosis, familial, 6 (ClinVar).

How common is HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C) in the general population?

HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about HBB p.His147Pro (c.440A>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.8584) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

HBB p.His147Pro

c.440A>C · rs33954264 · VCV15395

Pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.8584 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.8584	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar
REVEL	0.883	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.84	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL call this damaging; SaProt does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.8	GERP 1.9, phastCons 0.99
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 1,420 bp · p 0.11 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.4	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: HBB
Protein: p.His147Pro
Coding: c.440A>C
MANE Select: NM_000518
dbSNP: rs33954264
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:5225602 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.964 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 97.09 · 350 PDB
Residue 147: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in hiroshima; o(2) affinity up); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cowtown; o(2) affinity up); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in york; o(2) affinity up); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in kodaira; o(2) affinity up); the globin domain

Full HBB gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

beta-thalassemia HBB/LCRB — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: erythrocytosis, familial, 6

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Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/hbb-p-his147pro (accessed [today's date]).

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