CLN6 p.Arg6=
c.16A>C · rs1468764503 · VCV1159905
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 8.98e-05%, nfe)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 1.8 | GERP -0.045, phastCons 0.99 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 14.2 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
8.98e-05%
European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,114,146 alleles
Overall
0.000658%
1/151,890 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
- CLN6
- Protein
- p.Arg6=
- Coding
- c.16A>C
- MANE Select
- NM_017882
- dbSNP
- rs1468764503
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr15:68229569 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.015 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 85.86
- Residue 6
- a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cln4a)
Similar variants
- CLN6 p.Arg6Thr Pathogenic same residue
- CLN6 c.297+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN6 c.486+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN6 c.543-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN6 c.665+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN6 c.84-1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN6 p.Arg103Gln Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
- CLN6 p.Arg149Cys 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/cln6-p-arg6 (accessed [today's date]).
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