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CAPN15 p.Ala18=

c.54C>T · VCV4281082

Likely benign Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr)

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
ConservationphyloP -7.3GERP -2.7
Overall
CADD7.217PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group 0.00667% African / African-American · 5/74,934 alleles
Filtering AF 0.00255% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00161%
Overall 0.00242% 39/1,611,430 alleles · very rare exomes 33/1,459,200 · genomes 6/152,230 · joint denominator
Ancestry group Frequency 1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax 0.00667% 14,987
East Asian 0.00446% 22,439
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible 0.0032% 31,219
European (non-Finnish) 0.00246% 40,682
South Asian 0.0011% 91,032

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
CAPN15
Protein
p.Ala18=
Coding
c.54C>T
MANE Select
NM_005632
Type
single nucleotide variant
Location
chr16:546892 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint
LOEUF 0.974 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure
AlphaFold pLDDT 71.65
Full CAPN15 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/capn15-p-ala18 (accessed [today's date]).

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