Is CHD2 p.Leu414= (c.1242A>G) pathogenic?

CHD2 p.Leu414= (c.1242A>G) is classified Likely benign in CHD2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-06-22). Very rare (popmax 0.00552%, sas); Associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94.

What condition is associated with CHD2 p.Leu414= (c.1242A>G)?

CHD2 p.Leu414= (c.1242A>G) is associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94 (ClinVar).

How common is CHD2 p.Leu414= (c.1242A>G) in the general population?

CHD2 p.Leu414= (c.1242A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00552%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Lennox-Gastaut syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Multigenic/multifactorial (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

CHD2 p.Leu414=

c.1242A>G · rs749255095 · VCV1088877

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00552%, sas)

Conditions

developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94

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 -5.3	GERP -5.6
Overall
CADD	0.968	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00552% South Asian · 5/90,500 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00211% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00137%

Overall 0.000994% 16/1,610,400 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00552%	18,100
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00339%	29,482
East Asian	0.00223%	44,866
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00161%	62,298
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,870
European (non-Finnish)	0.000594%	168,270

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: CHD2
Protein: p.Leu414=
Coding: c.1242A>G
MANE Select: NM_001271
dbSNP: rs749255095
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:92946081 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.174 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.81
Residue 414: the chromo 2 domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in dee94); a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in a patient with progressive myoclonus epilepsy; uncertain significance)

Full CHD2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Multigenic/multifactorial, Not applicable
Onset: Childhood, Infancy
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

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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/chd2-p-leu414 (accessed [today's date]).

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