Is CDSN p.Ser236= (c.708C>T) pathogenic?

CDSN p.Ser236= (c.708C>T) is classified Benign in CDSN (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-04). Common (popmax 68.5%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele.

CDSN p.Ser236=

Q: How common is CDSN p.Ser236= (c.708C>T) in the general population?

CDSN p.Ser236= (c.708C>T) is common (popmax 68.5%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.708C>T · rs3094215 · VCV1275564

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 68.5%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

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 -7.1
Overall
CADD	0.035	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 68.5% East Asian · 30,744/44,866 alleles

Filtering AF 67.9% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 67.6%

Overall 51.6% 832,287/1,613,594 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	68.5%	1
African / African-American	67.9%	1
Middle Eastern	67.8%	1
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	65.9%	2
South Asian	63.4%	2
Admixed American	59.8%	2
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	52.8%	2
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	50.8%	2
European (non-Finnish)	48.1%	2
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	38.9%	3

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: CDSN
Protein: p.Ser236=
Coding: c.708C>T
MANE Select: NM_001264
dbSNP: rs3094215
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:31116907 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.77 · pLI 0.08 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 38.13
Residue 236: the 'disordered' region

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

Similar variants

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CDSN p.Pro226Ser Uncertain significance ★★ same type
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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/cdsn-p-ser236 (accessed [today's date]).

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