CLDN14 p.Ala34=
c.102G>A · rs146395322 · VCV504558
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 5 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0757%, amr)
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 -3.8 | GERP -4.1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 4.93 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0757%
Admixed American · 45/59,438 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0581%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0519%
Overall
0.0311%
500/1,609,096 alleles · ultra-rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.0757% | 1,321 |
| Middle Eastern | 0.0496% | 2,017 |
| African / African-American | 0.0414% | 2,417 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0337% | 2,968 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.0314% | 3,184 |
| East Asian | 0.0224% | 4,461 |
| South Asian | 0.0221% | 4,516 |
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
- CLDN14
- Protein
- p.Ala34=
- Coding
- c.102G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001146079
- dbSNP
- rs146395322
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr21:36461594 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.745 · pLI 0.03 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 80.00
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- CLDN14 p.Trp30Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- CLDN14 c.*107G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same type
- CLDN14 p.Ala196Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- CLDN14 p.Ala72Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- CLDN14 p.Ala98Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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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/cldn14-p-ala34 (accessed [today's date]).
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