Is BCHE p.Trp15Ter (c.44G>A) pathogenic?

BCHE p.Trp15Ter (c.44G>A) is classified Likely pathogenic in BCHE (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2017-04-03). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with butyrylcholinesterase deficiency.

What condition is associated with BCHE p.Trp15Ter (c.44G>A)?

BCHE p.Trp15Ter (c.44G>A) is associated with butyrylcholinesterase deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is BCHE p.Trp15Ter (c.44G>A) in the general population?

BCHE p.Trp15Ter (c.44G>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Hereditary butyrylcholinesterase deficiency inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

BCHE p.Trp15Ter

c.44G>A · rs1553778291 · VCV551225

Likely pathogenic No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Not reported

no allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,613,452)

Conditions

butyrylcholinesterase deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Consequence	nonsense (stop-gain)	predicted loss-of-function
NMD	predicted	premature termination codon in exon 2 of 4
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Pangolin	Δ0.20	gain · loss 0.00 · not in the SpliceAI release · independent
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.93	GERP -0.99
Overall
CADD	29.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

No allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,613,452). This is missing data, not an absence: the variant may or may not be present in gnomAD. Rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for it.

Variant & gene context

Gene: BCHE
Protein: p.Trp15Ter
Coding: c.44G>A
MANE Select: NM_000055
dbSNP: rs1553778291
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:165830990 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.195 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.30 · 111 PDB

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

Disease context

butyrylcholinesterase deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Hereditary butyrylcholinesterase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)

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BCHE p.Glu377Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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-trp15ter (accessed [today's date]).

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