Is CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter (c.5953G>T) pathogenic?

CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter (c.5953G>T) is classified Pathogenic in CEP290 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-10-30). Very rare (popmax 8.5e-05%, nfe); Associated with CEP290-related disorder.

What condition is associated with CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter (c.5953G>T)?

CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter (c.5953G>T) is associated with CEP290-related disorder, Joubert syndrome, Meckel syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter (c.5953G>T) in the general population?

CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter (c.5953G>T) is very rare (popmax 8.5e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

CEP290 p.Glu1985Ter

c.5953G>T · rs1014354752 · VCV2174672

Pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.5e-05%, nfe)

Conditions

CEP290-related disorder

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Consequence	nonsense (stop-gain)	predicted loss-of-function
NMD	predicted	premature termination codon in exon 43 of 54
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.9	GERP 2.3, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	39.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 8.5e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,176,652 alleles

Overall 6.86e-05% 1/1,457,132 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: CEP290
Protein: p.Glu1985Ter
Coding: c.5953G>T
MANE Select: NM_025114
dbSNP: rs1014354752
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:88071352 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.094 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.90
Residue 1985: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in lca10; also found in a patient with night blindness and hearing loss); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in lca10); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in lca10, slsn6 and mks4); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in lca10 and slsn6); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mks4 and jbts5); the 'self-association (with itself or n-terminus)' region

Full CEP290 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Also linked: Joubert syndrome Meckel syndrome nephronophthisis

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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/cep290-p-glu1985ter (accessed [today's date]).

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