Is CLN6 p.Arg7= (c.21G>A) pathogenic?

CLN6 p.Arg7= (c.21G>A) is classified Likely benign in CLN6 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-18). Very rare (popmax 0.00302%, eas); Associated with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.

What condition is associated with CLN6 p.Arg7= (c.21G>A)?

CLN6 p.Arg7= (c.21G>A) is associated with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (ClinVar).

How common is CLN6 p.Arg7= (c.21G>A) in the general population?

CLN6 p.Arg7= (c.21G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00302%, eas) (gnomAD).

CLN6 p.Arg7=

c.21G>A · rs2093262736 · VCV1146749

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00302%, eas)

Conditions

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 0.64	GERP -0.039, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	12.61	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00302% East Asian · 1/33,146 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000489% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000223%

Overall 0.000818% 12/1,467,298 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00302%	33,146
African / African-American	0.00294%	33,965
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00177%	56,384
European (non-Finnish)	0.000718%	139,286

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.Arg7=
Coding: c.21G>A
MANE Select: NM_017882
dbSNP: rs2093262736
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:68229564 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.015 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 85.86

Full CLN6 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/cln6-p-arg7 (accessed [today's date]).

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