CLN8 p.Ala79=
c.237C>T · rs1362205695 · VCV1595695
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.000254%, 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 -20 | GERP -4 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.126 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.000254%
European (non-Finnish) · 3/1,180,022 alleles
Filtering AF
6.8e-05%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%
Overall
0.000205%
3/1,461,884 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
- CLN8
- Protein
- p.Ala79=
- Coding
- c.237C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_018941
- dbSNP
- rs1362205695
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr8:1771291 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.183 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 90.47 · 3 PDB
- Residue 79
- the tlc domain
Similar variants
- CLN8 p.Ala79Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- CLN8 p.Arg204Cys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN8 p.Arg204His Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN8 p.Arg24Gly Pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN8 p.Arg70Cys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN8 p.Arg70His Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN8 p.Gln255Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
- CLN8 p.Gln99Ter 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/cln8-p-ala79 (accessed [today's date]).
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