# NM_015681.6(B9D1):c.237C>G (p.Pro79=)

https://sugi.bio/variant/b9d1-p-pro79

## Summary

**B9D1 p.Pro79= (c.237C>G)** is classified **Benign/Likely benign** in B9D1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 5 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-28). Rare (popmax 0.935%, afr); Associated with Joubert syndrome.

**At a glance:** Benign/Likely benign · review: Multiple submitters · rsID rs149051059 · 5 submitters · 2 linked conditions · rare (popmax 0.935%, afr)

## For patients & families {#patients}

This is a change in the B9D1 gene that is classified as benign/likely benign — not considered disease-causing, submitted by 5 submitters, and is linked to Joubert syndrome.

*Reference information, not medical advice, and not a prediction for any individual. A genetic counselor or clinician can interpret what it means for you and your family.*

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| Clinical trials | 3 registered for this condition — see ClinicalTrials.gov |

**Support & next steps:** [Condition overview & support (NIH GARD)](https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/0006802/index) · [Find a genetic counselor (NSGC)](https://findageneticcounselor.nsgc.org/).

## Identity {#identity}

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Gene | [B9D1](https://sugi.bio/atlas/gene/B9D1/) |
| Protein change (HGVS p.) | p.Pro79= |
| Coding change (HGVS c.) | c.237C>G |
| MANE Select transcript | [NM_015681](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_015681) |
| dbSNP | [rs149051059](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/rs149051059/) |
| Variant type | single nucleotide variant |
| Location | chr17:19357847-19357847 (GRCh38) |
| ClinVar | [VCV260672](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/260672/) |

**All HGVS expressions:** `LRG_686:g.25347C>G`, `LRG_686t1:c.237C>G`, `NC_000017.10:g.19261160G>C`, `NC_000017.11:g.19357847G>C`, `NG_031885.2:g.25347C>G`, `NM_001321214.2:c.237C>G`, `NM_001321215.3:c.237C>G`, `NM_001321216.2:c.237C>G`, `NM_001321217.2:c.237C>G`, `NM_001321218.2:c.237C>G`, `NM_001321219.2:c.237C>G`, `NM_001330149.2:c.237C>G`, `NM_001368769.2:c.-124C>G`, `NM_015681.6:c.237C>G`

## Computational & population evidence {#evidence}

**Concordance:** Mixed / partial computational evidence (see below).

- **Missense predictors (AlphaMissense/REVEL/SaProt) do not apply** to this variant type — they score amino-acid substitutions only. For non-missense variants the computational signal comes from conservation (below), not from a missing predictor score.
- Conservation: phyloP -0.291, GERP -2.93, phastCons 0.009 — not a conserved position (phyloP < 0.1, ACGS BP7 cut)
- CADD: **PHRED 3.651**. No single ClinGen-calibrated threshold exists and the expert panels that use CADD disagree — GUCY2D/AIPL1 require ≥ 20.0 for an untranslated-region variant, ABCA4 ≥ 28.1 for a synonymous or indel variant, the Pulmonary Hypertension panel imports Pejaver 2022's missense-calibrated numbers, and the Antibody Deficiencies panel declines CADD entirely for PIK3CD. CADD v1.7 also incorporates Zoonomia phyloP, so it partly re-expresses the conservation above. *Descriptive; no threshold applied.*
- SpliceAI: **not assessed** — no allele at this position is in our SpliceAI release, either because it lies outside the scored MANE transcript scope or because every allele is below Δ0.2. We cannot tell which, so this claims neither; absence is not evidence against a splicing effect.
- Population frequency (gnomAD v4.1): grpmax **0.935%** (afr) · FAF95 0.878% · FAF99 0.855% · 702/75,042 in the highest group · 770/1,613,700 alleles overall — rare (popmax 0.935%, afr).

| Ancestry group | Allele frequency | 1 in |
| --- | --- | --- |
| African / African-American (grpmax) | 0.935% | 107 |
| Admixed American | 0.0483% | 2,070 |
| Remaining individuals (not grpmax-eligible) | 0.048% | 2,083 |
| Middle Eastern | 0.017% | 5,884 |
| South Asian | 0.0011% | 91,046 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000593% | 168,540 |

*Computational predictors are not independent (ClinGen Variant Classification guidance): AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023) carries the ACMG weight for missense and conservation (phyloP/GERP/phastCons) for non-missense; REVEL (Pejaver-2022 calibrated strength bands) and SaProt (Su et al. 2023, structure-aware, ClinVar-independent protein language model, raw LLR) are shown as orthogonal agreement signals, not additive. For frequency, the gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering allele frequency (FAF95) is ClinGen's designated BA1/BS1 input (gnomAD v4 guidance v3.0, June 2025); BA1/BS1 thresholds are disease-specific, not a blanket 5%. Predictions, not a clinical determination.*

## Gene constraint & dosage {#gene-context}

**B9D1** population constraint: LOEUF 1.023, pLI 0.00010346, missense-Z 0.28279; ClinGen dosage — haploinsufficiency gene assoc. with recessive phenotype, triplosensitivity 0/3. *Lower LOEUF and higher pLI indicate a gene that tolerates loss-of-function poorly; ClinGen dosage is the curated haploinsufficiency call.*

Curated gene–disease validity (ClinGen):

- **ciliopathy** — Definitive (AR)

## Protein context {#protein}

Residue **79** lies in the c2 b9-type domain.

AlphaFold model confidence (whole protein): pLDDT 83.05, 60% of residues very-high.

## What this gene does {#gene-function}

*Describes the biological roles of B9D1 (the gene this variant disrupts) — not effects measured for this specific variant. A damaging variant is expected to affect these functions and pathways; the degree depends on the variant.*


### Pathways affected {#pathways}

B9D1 participates in **1 Reactome pathway** (⚕ = disease pathway):

| Pathway (Reactome) | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| [Anchoring of the basal body to the plasma membrane](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-5620912) | curated |

## Clinical significance {#significance}

**Benign/Likely benign** — review status Multiple submitters *(criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts)*, last evaluated 2026-01-28.

**Submitter consensus:** conflicting (3 Likely benign, 2 Benign).

**Submission history:** 5 submissions (2020–2026); classifications have differed over time.

### Submitter classifications {#submitters}

| Submitter | Classification | Review | Method | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences | Benign | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing |  |
| Breakthrough Genomics, Breakthrough Genomics | Likely benign | criteria provided, single submitter | not provided |  |
| Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp | Benign | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2026-01-28 |
| Blueprint Genetics | Likely benign | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2024-11-13 |
| GeneDx | Likely benign | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2020-06-03 |

## Associated conditions {#conditions}

[Joubert syndrome](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/joubert-syndrome/), [Meckel syndrome](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/meckel-syndrome/).

**Reported phenotype names (ClinVar):** Joubert syndrome, not specified, not provided, Meckel-Gruber syndrome, AllHighlyPenetrant, Familial aplasia of the vermis, JOUBERT-BOLTSHAUSER SYNDROME, DYSENCEPHALIA SPLANCHNOCYSTICA, Dysencephalia splachnocystica, GRUBER SYNDROME.

## Similar variants {#similar}

Related B9D1 variant pages (same residue, condition, or type): [B9D1 p.Pro79Leu](/variant/b9d1-p-pro79leu), [B9D1 p.Pro79Ala](/variant/b9d1-p-pro79ala), [B9D1 c.341+2T>C](/variant/b9d1-c-341-plus-2t-c), [B9D1 p.Arg114Gln](/variant/b9d1-p-arg114gln), [B9D1 p.Arg156Trp](/variant/b9d1-p-arg156trp), [B9D1 c.404+5G>C](/variant/b9d1-c-404-plus-5g-c), [B9D1 p.Ala44Val](/variant/b9d1-p-ala44val), [B9D1 p.Arg101Gln](/variant/b9d1-p-arg101gln).

### Data sources & attribution {#sources}

ClinVar (NCBI — public domain, built 2026-10-14); gnomAD v4.1 (Broad Institute, built 2026-10-14); AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023, © Google DeepMind — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-01-27); REVEL (Ioannidis et al. 2016 — ODbL, built 2026-07-13); SaProt (Su et al. 2023 — MIT, built 2026-10-14); SpliceAI (Illumina — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-13); CADD (Rentzsch et al. 2019, University of Washington — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-10); Conservation (phyloP/phastCons/GERP) (UCSC hg38 470-way mammal (Hiller Lab) + Ensembl Compara, built 2026-07-12); gnomAD Non-coding Constraint (Gnocchi) (Chen et al. 2024, Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-11); gnomAD Regional Missense Constraint (Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-13); Pangolin (Zeng & Li 2022 — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-10-11); Repeat regions (UCSC — RepeatMasker, TRF, segmental duplications, built 2026-10-11); ClinGen (ClinGen, built 2026-09-22); UniProt (CC BY 4.0); Reactome / GO (CC BY 4.0, built 2026-09-23); MaveDB (per-record license, built 2026-10-11); CIViC (CC0, built 2026-09-22); Orphanet (Orphanet, built 2026-06-12)

*Primary record: NCBI ClinVar (variation 260672). Classifications reflect these databases as of the page's build date and may change. Free reference use — not medical advice; consult the primary submitters and a clinician.*