Is CRYAB p.His7= (c.21C>T) pathogenic?

CRYAB p.His7= (c.21C>T) is classified Likely benign in CRYAB (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-10-29). Very rare (popmax 0.00453%, eas); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with CRYAB p.His7= (c.21C>T)?

CRYAB p.His7= (c.21C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is CRYAB p.His7= (c.21C>T) in the general population?

CRYAB p.His7= (c.21C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00453%, eas) (gnomAD).

CRYAB p.His7=

c.21C>T · rs1555165608 · VCV1787586

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00453%, eas)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 2.9	GERP -1.3, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	9.225	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00453% East Asian · 2/44,184 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00075% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000281%

Overall 0.000278% 4/1,439,722 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00453%	22,092
South Asian	0.00228%	43,834

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: CRYAB
Protein: p.His7=
Coding: c.21C>T
MANE Select: NM_001289808
dbSNP: rs1555165608
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:111911704 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.18 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.42 · 21 PDB

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

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

CRYAB p.His7Arg Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CRYAB p.His7Tyr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CRYAB p.His7Gln Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
CRYAB c.324+4T>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CRYAB c.325-2A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CRYAB c.-5C>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CRYAB p.Ala171Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CRYAB p.Arg11Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition

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/cryab-p-his7 (accessed [today's date]).

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