AFG3L2 p.Val291=
c.873C>T · rs138262685 · VCV1971290
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0178%, eas)
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 -0.16 | GERP -3.5, phastCons 0.004 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 7.836 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0178%
East Asian · 8/44,886 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00883%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00641%
Overall
0.00164%
24/1,461,886 alleles · ultra-rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| East Asiangrpmax | 0.0178% | 5,611 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.008% | 12,502 |
| African / African-American | 0.00266% | 37,524 |
| South Asian | 0.0022% | 45,539 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000593% | 168,577 |
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
- AFG3L2
- Protein
- p.Val291=
- Coding
- c.873C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_006796
- dbSNP
- rs138262685
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr18:12358823 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.724 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 77.07 · 2 PDB
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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/afg3l2-p-val291 (accessed [today's date]).
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