Is CARD9 p.Leu427= (c.1281G>C) pathogenic?

CARD9 p.Leu427= (c.1281G>C) is classified Likely benign in CARD9 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-09-06). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency.

What condition is associated with CARD9 p.Leu427= (c.1281G>C)?

CARD9 p.Leu427= (c.1281G>C) is associated with predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is CARD9 p.Leu427= (c.1281G>C) in the general population?

CARD9 p.Leu427= (c.1281G>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

CARD9 p.Leu427=

Q: How is Predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency inherited?

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

c.1281G>C · rs2538659851 · VCV1906048

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Conditions

predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency

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 -0.18	GERP 1, phastCons 0.4
Overall
CADD	5.003	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: CARD9
Protein: p.Leu427=
Coding: c.1281G>C
MANE Select: NM_052813
dbSNP: rs2538659851
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:136367246 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.143 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.24 · 8 PDB
Residue 427: the 'disordered' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in imd103; reduced cytokine production in response to c.albicans infection; impaired nf-kappa-b transcriptional activity); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in imd103; decreased production of cytokines in cd4(+) th17 cells); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in imd103; reduced production igg antibodies in response to c.albicans infection); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in imd103; reduced cytokine production in response to c.albicans infection)

Full CARD9 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive

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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/card9-p-leu427 (accessed [today's date]).

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