Is B3GLCT p.Asp246= (c.738C>T) pathogenic?

B3GLCT p.Asp246= (c.738C>T) is classified Likely benign in B3GLCT (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-03-31). Very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr); Associated with Peters plus syndrome.

What condition is associated with B3GLCT p.Asp246= (c.738C>T)?

B3GLCT p.Asp246= (c.738C>T) is associated with Peters plus syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is B3GLCT p.Asp246= (c.738C>T) in the general population?

B3GLCT p.Asp246= (c.738C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr) (gnomAD).

B3GLCT p.Asp246=

c.738C>T · rs773673455 · VCV2742042

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)

Conditions

Peters plus 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 -1.3	GERP -0.19
Overall
CADD	1.775	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00333% Admixed American · 2/60,026 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000553% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000207%

Overall 0.000342% 5/1,461,876 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00333%	30,013
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,255
African / African-American	0.00133%	75,046

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: B3GLCT
Protein: p.Asp246=
Coding: c.738C>T
MANE Select: NM_194318
dbSNP: rs773673455
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:31274586 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.109 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.94 · 1 PDB

Full B3GLCT gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Peters plus syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/b3glct-p-asp246 (accessed [today's date]).

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