Is ANK2 p.Leu2056= (c.6168C>G) pathogenic?

ANK2 p.Leu2056= (c.6168C>G) is classified Benign/Likely benign in ANK2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 9 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-04). Common (popmax 31.2%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with ANK2 p.Leu2056= (c.6168C>G)?

ANK2 p.Leu2056= (c.6168C>G) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, long QT syndrome, cardiac arrhythmia, ankyrin-B-related (ClinVar).

ANK2 p.Leu2056=

Q: How common is ANK2 p.Leu2056= (c.6168C>G) in the general population?

ANK2 p.Leu2056= (c.6168C>G) is common (popmax 31.2%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.6168C>G · rs3796928 · VCV257581

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 9 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 31.2%, 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 0.42	GERP -5.1
Overall
CADD	0.395	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 31.2% African / African-American · 23,378/74,946 alleles

Filtering AF 30.9% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 30.7%

Overall 3.86% 62,363/1,613,864 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	31.2%	3
Middle Eastern	5.68%	18
East Asian	5.57%	18
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	4.94%	20
Admixed American	3.76%	27
South Asian	2.32%	43
European (non-Finnish)	2.31%	43
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	2.26%	44
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	1.18%	84
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	0.219%	456

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.Leu2056=
Coding: c.6168C>G
MANE Select: NM_001148
dbSNP: rs3796928
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:113354786 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.271 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 2056: 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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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-leu2056 (accessed [today's date]).

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