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Variant (rsID / SNP)

rs121907958

HEXA

rs121907958 is a genetic variant (SNP, identifier in the dbSNP catalogue) that the reference table assigns to HEXA. Location: chromosome 15, position 72,638,938. Clinical significance in the table: Pathogenic.

Reference-table entries

HEXAPathogenic
Clinical significance (as recorded)
Pathogenic
Variant type
single nucleotide variant
Chromosome / position
15:72638938
Cytoband
15q23
HGVS
NM_000520.6(HEXA):c.1260G>C (p.Trp420Cys)
Allele change
Missense_W431C

Associated conditions / phenotypes

Tay-Sachs disease

Public references

Classifications are reproduced unchanged from the reference table. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.