Is CHD7 p.Pro348= (c.1044C>G) pathogenic?

CHD7 p.Pro348= (c.1044C>G) is classified Benign in CHD7 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-05-18). Very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas); Associated with CHARGE syndrome.

What condition is associated with CHD7 p.Pro348= (c.1044C>G)?

CHD7 p.Pro348= (c.1044C>G) is associated with CHARGE syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is CHD7 p.Pro348= (c.1044C>G) in the general population?

CHD7 p.Pro348= (c.1044C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas) (gnomAD).

CHD7 p.Pro348=

c.1044C>G · VCV4719412

Benign Single submitter

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas)

Conditions

CHARGE syndrome

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 2.8	GERP 2.6, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	11.89	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00988% South Asian · 9/91,086 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00514% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00375%

Overall 0.000616% 9/1,461,686 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: CHD7
Protein: p.Pro348=
Coding: c.1044C>G
MANE Select: NM_017780
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:60742476 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.109 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)

Full CHD7 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

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

Similar variants

CHD7 p.Pro348Thr Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
CHD7 c.2097-2A>G Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD7 c.2238+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD7 c.2377-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD7 c.2613+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD7 c.2836-1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD7 c.2836-2A>T Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHD7 c.2957+2T>C 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/chd7-p-pro348 (accessed [today's date]).

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