Is CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T) pathogenic?

CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in CD8A (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-19). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1971); Very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr); Associated with susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation.

How common is CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T) in the general population?

CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1971) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CD8A p.Leu197Phe

Q: What condition is associated with CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T)?

CD8A p.Leu197Phe (c.589C>T) is associated with susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation (ClinVar).

Q: How is Susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation inherited?

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

c.589C>T · VCV4691821

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1971 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1971	likely benign
REVEL	0.449	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -7.58	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.9	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.13	unconstrained · MANE · 4,902 bp · p 0.024 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.7	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00167% Admixed American · 1/60,006 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000186% 3/1,613,406 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00167%	60,006
European (non-Finnish)	0.00017%	589,703

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: CD8A
Protein: p.Leu197Phe
Coding: c.589C>T
MANE Select: NM_001768
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:86789359 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.496 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.03 · 8 PDB

Full CD8A gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

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CD8A p.Arg165Pro Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CD8A p.His127Tyr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CD8A p.His208Leu Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CD8A p.Leu10Arg 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/cd8a-p-leu197phe (accessed [today's date]).

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