Is CHAT p.Pro639= (c.1917C>T) pathogenic?

CHAT p.Pro639= (c.1917C>T) is classified Likely benign in CHAT (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-12-06). Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas); Associated with congenital myasthenic syndrome 6.

What condition is associated with CHAT p.Pro639= (c.1917C>T)?

CHAT p.Pro639= (c.1917C>T) is associated with congenital myasthenic syndrome 6 (ClinVar).

How common is CHAT p.Pro639= (c.1917C>T) in the general population?

CHAT p.Pro639= (c.1917C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

CHAT p.Pro639=

c.1917C>T · rs370200905 · VCV2716534

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Conditions

congenital myasthenic syndrome 6

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 -11	GERP -4.4
Overall
CADD	0.342	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0022% South Asian · 2/91,090 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000542% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000428%

Overall 0.00105% 17/1,614,078 alleles · very rare exomes 15/1,461,892 · genomes 2/152,186 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,545
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,002
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,488
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,936
European (non-Finnish)	0.00102%	98,336

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: CHAT
Protein: p.Pro639=
Coding: c.1917C>T
MANE Select: NM_020549
dbSNP: rs370200905
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:49662722 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.973 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.73 · 8 PDB

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

Disease context

congenital myasthenic syndrome 6 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

CHAT p.Pro639Leu Likely pathogenic ★ same residue
CHAT c.1282-2A>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHAT c.1840-9A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHAT c.698+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHAT c.698+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHAT p.Ala557Thr Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHAT p.Arg151Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHAT p.Arg207Gly Likely pathogenic ★★ 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/chat-p-pro639 (accessed [today's date]).

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