Is COX10 p.Cys16= (c.48C>T) pathogenic?

COX10 p.Cys16= (c.48C>T) is classified Benign/Likely benign in COX10 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-05). Very rare (popmax 0.00686%, nfe); Associated with mitochondrial complex IV deficiency, nuclear type 3.

What condition is associated with COX10 p.Cys16= (c.48C>T)?

COX10 p.Cys16= (c.48C>T) is associated with mitochondrial complex IV deficiency, nuclear type 3 (ClinVar).

How common is COX10 p.Cys16= (c.48C>T) in the general population?

COX10 p.Cys16= (c.48C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00686%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Isolated cytochrome C oxidase deficiency inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive, Mitochondrial inheritance (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

COX10 p.Cys16=

c.48C>T · rs748889500 · VCV377745

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00686%, nfe)

Conditions

mitochondrial complex IV deficiency, nuclear type 3

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 0.27	GERP 0.15, phastCons 0.018
Overall
CADD	6.016	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00686% European (non-Finnish) · 81/1,179,928 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00563% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00515%

Overall 0.00867% 140/1,614,016 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.0812%	1,231
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.008%	12,501
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00686%	14,567
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,602
South Asian	0.0011%	91,082

Finnish shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: COX10
Protein: p.Cys16=
Coding: c.48C>T
MANE Select: NM_001303
dbSNP: rs748889500
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:14074327 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.934 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.11

Full COX10 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

mitochondrial complex IV deficiency, nuclear type 3 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Isolated cytochrome C oxidase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive, Mitochondrial inheritance

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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/cox10-p-cys16 (accessed [today's date]).

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