Is CD40 p.Thr57= (c.171G>A) pathogenic?

CD40 p.Thr57= (c.171G>A) is classified Likely benign in CD40 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-28). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0107%, afr).

How common is CD40 p.Thr57= (c.171G>A) in the general population?

CD40 p.Thr57= (c.171G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0107%, afr) (gnomAD).

CD40 p.Thr57=

c.171G>A · rs115724543 · VCV3004087

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0107%, 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
Conservation	phyloP -3.2	GERP -3.1
Overall
CADD	0.412	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0107% African / African-American · 8/75,038 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00527% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0038%

Overall 0.00124% 20/1,614,180 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0107%	9,380
South Asian	0.00439%	22,769
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,024
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,510
European (non-Finnish)	0.000508%	196,671

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: CD40
Protein: p.Thr57=
Coding: c.171G>A
MANE Select: NM_001250
dbSNP: rs115724543
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:46122273 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.677 · pLI 0.03 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.10 · 14 PDB
Residue 57: a disulfide bond

Full CD40 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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CD40 c.*178G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same type
CD40 c.*547A>T Uncertain significance ★★ same type
CD40 p.Ala25Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
CD40 p.Arg123His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
CD40 p.Asn180Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
CD40 p.Glu159Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type

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/cd40-p-thr57 (accessed [today's date]).

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