Is CHKB p.Tyr72= (c.216C>T) pathogenic?

CHKB p.Tyr72= (c.216C>T) is classified Benign in CHKB (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 8 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-01). Common (popmax 5.63%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy.

What condition is associated with CHKB p.Tyr72= (c.216C>T)?

CHKB p.Tyr72= (c.216C>T) is associated with megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How is Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy inherited?

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

CHKB p.Tyr72=

Q: How common is CHKB p.Tyr72= (c.216C>T) in the general population?

CHKB p.Tyr72= (c.216C>T) is common (popmax 5.63%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.216C>T · rs80067609 · VCV128728

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 8 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 5.63%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

megaconial type congenital muscular dystrophy

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	11.57	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 5.63% African / African-American · 4,208/74,708 alleles

Filtering AF 5.49% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.43%

Overall 0.324% 5,221/1,609,032 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	5.63%	18
Middle Eastern	0.712%	141
Admixed American	0.473%	211
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.407%	246
European (non-Finnish)	0.0363%	2,753
South Asian	0.00551%	18,138
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.0034%	29,446

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
Protein: p.Tyr72=
Coding: c.216C>T
MANE Select: NM_005198
dbSNP: rs80067609
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:50582566 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.015 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.54 · 3 PDB
Residue 72: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mdcmc; loss of choline kinase activity; decreased amount of phosphatidylcholine in patients cells); a β-strand

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

Similar variants

CHKB p.Tyr72His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CHKB p.Tyr72Ter Pathogenic ★ same residue
CHKB p.Gln51Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHKB c.*208T>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CHKB p.Ala361Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHKB p.Arg344Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHKB p.Arg62Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHKB p.Gln309Glu 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-p-tyr72 (accessed [today's date]).

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