CNGA3 p.Phe538=
c.1614C>T · rs762984332 · VCV1085651
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)
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 -3.7 | GERP -3.7 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 5.655 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00333%
Admixed American · 2/60,022 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00114%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000971%
Overall
0.00142%
23/1,614,178 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.00333% | 30,011 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00178% | 56,192 |
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
- CNGA3
- Protein
- p.Phe538=
- Coding
- c.1614C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_001298
- dbSNP
- rs762984332
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr2:98396784 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.126 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 75.33 · 10 PDB
- Residue 538
- a β-strand; the 'cyclic nucleotide-binding domain' region
Similar variants
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- CNGA3 c.450-1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
- CNGA3 p.Ala262Pro Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same type
- CNGA3 p.Ala318Thr Pathogenic ★★ same type
- CNGA3 p.Ala469Thr Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same type
- CNGA3 p.Arg129Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- CNGA3 p.Arg221Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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/cnga3-p-phe538 (accessed [today's date]).
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