BCHE p.Leu179=
c.535C>T · rs140807357 · VCV725143
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
rare (popmax 0.198%, mid)
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 3 | GERP -0.082, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 5.376 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.198%
Middle Eastern · 12/6,058 alleles
Filtering AF
0.114%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0895%
Overall
0.0127%
205/1,613,680 alleles · rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Easterngrpmax | 0.198% | 505 |
| Admixed American | 0.0467% | 2,141 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0144% | 6,944 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.0132% | 7,563 |
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
- BCHE
- Protein
- p.Leu179=
- Coding
- c.535C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_000055
- dbSNP
- rs140807357
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr3:165830499 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.195 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 93.30 · 111 PDB
- Residue 179
- an α-helix
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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/bche-p-leu179 (accessed [today's date]).
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