Is CHKB c.736+18A>T pathogenic?

CHKB c.736+18A>T is classified Likely benign in CHKB (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-11-01). Very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas); Associated with megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy.

What condition is associated with CHKB c.736+18A>T?

CHKB c.736+18A>T is associated with megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is CHKB c.736+18A>T in the general population?

CHKB c.736+18A>T is very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

CHKB c.736+18A>T

VCV4705726

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00988%, sas)

Conditions

megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +18	near-intronic (+18 nt from the splice site)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.24	GERP -1.2
Non-coding constraint	Z 2.30	1 kb window · o/e 0.85 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	12.71	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00988% South Asian · 9/91,088 alleles

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

Overall 0.000558% 9/1,613,912 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: CHKB
Coding: c.736+18A>T
MANE Select: NM_005198
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:50580340 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.015 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.54 · 3 PDB

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

Disease context

megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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CHKB p.Glu336Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/chkb-c-736-plus-18a-t (accessed [today's date]).

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