Is CHD2 p.Thr969= (c.2907A>G) pathogenic?

CHD2 p.Thr969= (c.2907A>G) is classified Likely benign in CHD2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-09-09). Very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr); Associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94.

What condition is associated with CHD2 p.Thr969= (c.2907A>G)?

CHD2 p.Thr969= (c.2907A>G) is associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94 (ClinVar).

How common is CHD2 p.Thr969= (c.2907A>G) in the general population?

CHD2 p.Thr969= (c.2907A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr) (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.Thr969=

c.2907A>G · rs2053970223 · VCV1592011

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr)

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	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.34	GERP -4.5
Overall
CADD	8.079	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.005% Admixed American · 3/59,988 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00133% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000668%

Overall 0.000434% 7/1,613,630 alleles · very rare exomes 4/1,461,376 · genomes 3/152,254 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.005%	19,996
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,228
European (non-Finnish)	0.00017%	589,873

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.Thr969=
Coding: c.2907A>G
MANE Select: NM_001271
dbSNP: rs2053970223
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:92980845 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.174 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.81
Residue 969: 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)

Similar variants

CHD2 p.Thr969Ile Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
CHD2 c.1153+1G>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD2 c.1809+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD2 c.294+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD2 c.443+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD2 c.693-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD2 p.Ala879Val Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD2 p.Arg1072Ter 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/chd2-p-thr969 (accessed [today's date]).

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