APOE p.Leu159=
c.477G>C · VCV3417821
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Absent
absent from gnomAD v4.1
Conditions
1
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 6 | GERP 1.6, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 11.98 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.
Variant & gene context
- Gene
- APOE
- Protein
- p.Leu159=
- Coding
- c.477G>C
- MANE Select
- NM_000041
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr19:44908773 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.319 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 76.13 · 31 PDB
- Residue 159
- the '8 x 22 aa approximate tandem repeats' region; the 'ldl and other lipoprotein receptors binding' region; an α-helix
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- APOE p.Gln119Pro Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
- APOE p.Gln181His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
- APOE p.Ser112Tyr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
- APOE p.Trp294Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
- APOE p.Val213Gly Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
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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/apoe-p-leu159 (accessed [today's date]).
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