Is CEBPE p.Leu273= (c.819C>A) pathogenic?

CEBPE p.Leu273= (c.819C>A) is classified Likely benign in CEBPE (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-24). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with specific granule deficiency.

What condition is associated with CEBPE p.Leu273= (c.819C>A)?

CEBPE p.Leu273= (c.819C>A) is associated with specific granule deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is CEBPE p.Leu273= (c.819C>A) in the general population?

CEBPE p.Leu273= (c.819C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

CEBPE p.Leu273=

Q: How is Recurrent infections due to specific granule deficiency inherited?

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

c.819C>A · VCV4705621

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

specific granule 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 3.4	GERP -2.2, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	5.767	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,040 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,192 alleles · very rare

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: CEBPE
Protein: p.Leu273=
Coding: c.819C>A
MANE Select: NM_001805
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr14:23117514 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.848 · pLI 0.05 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 64.89 · 1 PDB
Residue 273: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in sgd1)

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

Disease context

specific granule deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Recurrent infections due to specific granule deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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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/cebpe-p-leu273 (accessed [today's date]).

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