Is ANK2 p.Glu3216= (c.9648A>G) pathogenic?

ANK2 p.Glu3216= (c.9648A>G) is classified Benign in ANK2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 11 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-04). Common (popmax 17.9%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with ANK2 p.Glu3216= (c.9648A>G)?

ANK2 p.Glu3216= (c.9648A>G) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, long QT syndrome, cardiac arrhythmia, ankyrin-B-related (ClinVar).

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Q: How common is ANK2 p.Glu3216= (c.9648A>G) in the general population?

ANK2 p.Glu3216= (c.9648A>G) is common (popmax 17.9%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.9648A>G · rs10013743 · VCV257583

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 11 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 17.9%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 -0.064	GERP -1.5
Overall
CADD	0.264	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 17.9% African / African-American · 13,451/74,988 alleles

Filtering AF 17.7% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 17.6%

Overall 10.7% 172,779/1,613,894 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	17.9%	6
Middle Eastern	16.5%	6
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	11.9%	8
European (non-Finnish)	11.3%	9
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	10.9%	9
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	10.6%	9
Admixed American	7.38%	14
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	5.15%	19
South Asian	3.6%	28
East Asian	0.0357%	2,804

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: ANK2
Protein: p.Glu3216=
Coding: c.9648A>G
MANE Select: NM_001148
dbSNP: rs10013743
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:113358266 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.271 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 3216: the 'disordered' region

Full ANK2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: long QT syndrome cardiac arrhythmia, ankyrin-B-related

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ANK2 p.Arg977Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ANK2 c.11032+11G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
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ANK2 c.1783-3C>T 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/ank2-p-glu3216 (accessed [today's date]).

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