Is CHST4 p.Phe12Leu (c.36T>G) pathogenic?

CHST4 p.Phe12Leu (c.36T>G) is classified Uncertain significance in CHST4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-05-20). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.343); Very rare (popmax 0.00421%, afr).

How common is CHST4 p.Phe12Leu (c.36T>G) in the general population?

CHST4 p.Phe12Leu (c.36T>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00421%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CHST4 p.Phe12Leu (c.36T>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.343) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CHST4 p.Phe12Leu

c.36T>G · VCV4002768

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.343 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00421%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.343	ambiguous
REVEL	0.332	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -4.99	tolerated
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -1.1	GERP -2.8, phastCons 0.001
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 1,157 bp · p 0.075 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.275	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00421% African / African-American · 3/71,324 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00112% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00061%

Overall 0.000267% 4/1,495,948 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00421%	23,775
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00174%	57,326

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: CHST4
Protein: p.Phe12Leu
Coding: c.36T>G
MANE Select: NM_001166395
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:71536713 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.836 · pLI 0.34 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.66

Full CHST4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/chst4-p-phe12leu (accessed [today's date]).

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