Is CD3E c.85+16C>T pathogenic?

CD3E c.85+16C>T is classified Benign/Likely benign in CD3E (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-04-01). Rare (popmax 0.515%, sas); Associated with immunodeficiency 18.

What condition is associated with CD3E c.85+16C>T?

CD3E c.85+16C>T is associated with immunodeficiency 18 (ClinVar).

How common is CD3E c.85+16C>T in the general population?

CD3E c.85+16C>T is rare (popmax 0.515%, sas) (gnomAD).

CD3E c.85+16C>T

Q: How is T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to CD3delta/CD3epsilon/CD3zeta inherited?

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

rs200489032 · VCV1599656

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.515%, sas)

Conditions

immunodeficiency 18

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +16	near-intronic (+16 nt from the splice site)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.52	GERP -3.7
Non-coding constraint	Z 1.52	1 kb window · o/e 0.89 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	6.381	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.515% South Asian · 457/88,762 alleles

Filtering AF 0.476% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.46%

Overall 0.031% 482/1,556,018 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.515%	194
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0348%	2,874
Middle Eastern	0.0168%	5,952
African / African-American	0.00135%	74,216
European (non-Finnish)	0.000177%	564,924

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: CD3E
Coding: c.85+16C>T
MANE Select: NM_000733
dbSNP: rs200489032
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:118308457 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.659 · pLI 0.47 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.56 · 44 PDB

Full CD3E gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

immunodeficiency 18 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to CD3delta/CD3epsilon/CD3zeta (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy

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CD3E c.520+5G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CD3E p.Arg192Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CD3E p.Arg206His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
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CD3E p.Asn74Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition

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/cd3e-c-85-plus-16c-t (accessed [today's date]).

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