Is ADAR p.Val616= (c.1848C>T) pathogenic?

ADAR p.Val616= (c.1848C>T) is classified Likely benign in ADAR (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-07-20). Very rare (popmax 0.00127%, nfe); Associated with Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6.

What condition is associated with ADAR p.Val616= (c.1848C>T)?

ADAR p.Val616= (c.1848C>T) is associated with Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6, dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (ClinVar).

How common is ADAR p.Val616= (c.1848C>T) in the general population?

ADAR p.Val616= (c.1848C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00127%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Aicardi-Goutières syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

ADAR p.Val616=

c.1848C>T · rs1288208013 · VCV1900010

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00127%, nfe)

Conditions

Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.3	GERP 0.78, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	4.781	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00127% European (non-Finnish) · 15/1,180,032 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000763% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000605%

Overall 0.00109% 16/1,461,884 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,512
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00127%	78,669

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: ADAR
Protein: p.Val616=
Coding: c.1848C>T
MANE Select: NM_001111
dbSNP: rs1288208013
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:154597914 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.449 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 68.86 · 24 PDB
Residue 616: the drbm 2 domain

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

Disease context

Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria

For Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive
Onset: Antenatal, Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

ADAR p.Val616Ile Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
ADAR p.Val616Phe Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
ADAR c.2885+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ADAR p.Arg1078Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ADAR p.Arg1096Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ADAR p.Arg328Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ADAR p.Arg360Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ADAR p.Arg474Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition

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/adar-p-val616 (accessed [today's date]).

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