Is CELSR3 p.Pro2990= (c.8970G>A) pathogenic?

CELSR3 p.Pro2990= (c.8970G>A) is classified Likely benign in CELSR3 (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-04-02). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0499%, mid); Associated with CELSR3-related disorder.

What condition is associated with CELSR3 p.Pro2990= (c.8970G>A)?

CELSR3 p.Pro2990= (c.8970G>A) is associated with CELSR3-related disorder (ClinVar).

How common is CELSR3 p.Pro2990= (c.8970G>A) in the general population?

CELSR3 p.Pro2990= (c.8970G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0499%, mid) (gnomAD).

CELSR3 p.Pro2990=

c.8970G>A · rs763316177 · VCV3058807

Likely benign No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0499%, mid)

Conditions

CELSR3-related disorder

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 0.001	GERP -1.8, phastCons 0.76
Overall
CADD	8.855	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0499% Middle Eastern · 3/6,016 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0155% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0148%

Overall 0.0138% 223/1,612,488 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 210/1,460,398 · genomes 13/152,090 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0499%	2,005
European (non-Finnish)	0.0175%	5,700
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.016%	6,245
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,600
African / African-American	0.00267%	37,441

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: CELSR3
Protein: p.Pro2990=
Coding: c.8970G>A
MANE Select: NM_001407
dbSNP: rs763316177
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:48641379 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.344 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Residue 2990: the 'disordered' region

Full CELSR3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

CELSR3-related disorder

Similar variants

CELSR3 p.Pro2990Arg Benign same residue
CELSR3 p.Phe282Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CELSR3 p.Cys1502Tyr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same condition
CELSR3 p.Ala3148Glu Uncertain significance ⚠ same condition
CELSR3 c.7464-9T>C Likely benign same condition
CELSR3 c.8086-5T>G Likely benign same condition
CELSR3 c.8165+7T>C Likely benign same condition
CELSR3 c.9912-8G>A Likely benign 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/celsr3-p-pro2990 (accessed [today's date]).

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