CLN5 p.Ala163=
c.489T>C · rs1593911173 · VCV766653
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)
Conditions
1
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pangolin | Δ0.23 | gain · loss 0.00 · not in the SpliceAI release · independent |
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 0.11 | GERP -2.4, phastCons 0.97 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 9.078 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0011%
South Asian · 1/91,080 alleles
Overall
6.84e-05%
1/1,461,724 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
- CLN5
- Protein
- p.Ala163=
- Coding
- c.489T>C
- MANE Select
- NM_006493
- dbSNP
- rs1593911173
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr13:76996051 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.197 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 83.05 · 1 PDB
- Residue 163
- a disulfide bond
Similar variants
- CLN5 p.Ala163Thr Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
- CLN5 c.174-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN5 p.Arg150Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN5 p.Arg63His Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
- CLN5 p.Arg96Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN5 p.Asn143Ser Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
- CLN5 p.Cys77Tyr Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
- CLN5 p.Gln183Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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/cln5-p-ala163 (accessed [today's date]).
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