C8A p.Leu159=
c.475C>T · rs746890898 · VCV2806321
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas)
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 4.8 | GERP 2, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 11.94 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00439%
South Asian · 4/91,074 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00143%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000891%
Overall
0.000342%
5/1,461,356 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| South Asiangrpmax | 0.00439% | 22,769 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,486 |
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
- C8A
- Protein
- p.Leu159=
- Coding
- c.475C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_000562
- dbSNP
- rs746890898
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr1:56881455 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.168 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 79.58 · 11 PDB
- Residue 159
- a disulfide bond; a turn; the macpf domain
Similar variants
- C8A p.Leu159Pro Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- C8A p.Arg424Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- C8A p.Arg498Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- C8A p.Glu466Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- C8A p.Tyr210Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- C8A p.Tyr384Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- C8A p.Arg107Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- C8A p.Arg196His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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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/c8a-p-leu159 (accessed [today's date]).
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