Is AFF4 p.Asn672= (c.2016T>C) pathogenic?

AFF4 p.Asn672= (c.2016T>C) is classified Likely benign in AFF4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2022-08-20). Very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas); Associated with cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome.

How common is AFF4 p.Asn672= (c.2016T>C) in the general population?

AFF4 p.Asn672= (c.2016T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas) (gnomAD).

AFF4 p.Asn672=

Q: What condition is associated with AFF4 p.Asn672= (c.2016T>C)?

AFF4 p.Asn672= (c.2016T>C) is associated with cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome (ClinVar).

c.2016T>C · rs149367340 · VCV2056821

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas)

Conditions

cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome

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 0.48	GERP -0.045, phastCons 0.81
Overall
CADD	4.897	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00988% South Asian · 9/91,076 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00514% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00375%

Overall 0.00384% 62/1,613,848 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00988%	10,120
African / African-American	0.00401%	24,957
European (non-Finnish)	0.00381%	26,222
Admixed American	0.00333%	29,995
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,243
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	63,954

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: AFF4
Protein: p.Asn672=
Coding: c.2016T>C
MANE Select: NM_014423
dbSNP: rs149367340
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:132896614 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.114 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 54.62 · 9 PDB
Residue 672: the 'disordered' region

Full AFF4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

AFF4 p.Asn672Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
AFF4 p.Arg258Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Met260Val Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Pro253Leu Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Thr254Ser Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 c.1133+3A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala114Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala114Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/aff4-p-asn672 (accessed [today's date]).

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