Is CLEC18C p.Arg70Gln (c.209G>A) pathogenic?

CLEC18C p.Arg70Gln (c.209G>A) is classified Likely benign in CLEC18C (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-10-06). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0647); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0521%, afr).

How common is CLEC18C p.Arg70Gln (c.209G>A) in the general population?

CLEC18C p.Arg70Gln (c.209G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0521%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CLEC18C p.Arg70Gln (c.209G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0647) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CLEC18C p.Arg70Gln

c.209G>A · rs1183881562 · VCV2401731

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0647 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0521%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0647	likely benign
REVEL	0.021	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.83	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.31	GERP -3, phastCons 0.001
Regional constraint	o/e 0.12	constrained · MANE · 12 kb · p 1e-47 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	11.65	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 0.0521% African / African-American · 23/44,146 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0355% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0301%

Overall 0.00334% 41/1,227,248 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0521%	1,919
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00613%	16,313
Admixed American	0.00457%	21,859
European (non-Finnish)	0.00133%	75,277
South Asian	0.00124%	80,374

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: CLEC18C
Protein: p.Arg70Gln
Coding: c.209G>A
MANE Select: NM_173619
dbSNP: rs1183881562
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:70175031 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.529 · pLI 0.94 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.39
Residue 70: the scp domain

Full CLEC18C 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/clec18c-p-arg70gln (accessed [today's date]).

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