Is CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C) pathogenic?

CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C) is classified Pathogenic in CRYBA4 (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2006-10-01). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9905); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with cataract 23.

What condition is associated with CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C)?

CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C) is associated with cataract 23 (ClinVar).

How common is CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C) in the general population?

CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Early onset non-syndromic cataract inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser (c.281T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9905) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CRYBA4 p.Phe94Ser

c.281T>C · rs74315486 · VCV16946

Pathogenic No assertion criteria

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9905 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

cataract 23

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9905	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 1% in CRYBA4
REVEL	0.803	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -14.91	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.4	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.86	unconstrained · MANE · 7,887 bp · p 0.027 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.6	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: CRYBA4
Protein: p.Phe94Ser
Coding: c.281T>C
MANE Select: NM_001886
dbSNP: rs74315486
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:26625603 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.238 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.64 · 1 PDB
Residue 94: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in ctrct23; modeling suggests that this substitution would significantly reduce the intrinsic stability of the crystalline monomer); a β-strand; the beta/gamma crystallin 'greek key' 2 domain

Full CRYBA4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

cataract 23 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Early onset non-syndromic cataract (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

Similar variants

CRYBB1 p.Ile94= Uncertain significance ★ same residue
CRYBA4 p.Phe22Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CRYBA4 p.Phe57Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CRYBA4 c.159-20A>G Benign ★★ same condition
CRYBA4 c.300+3A>G Benign ★★ same condition
CRYBA4 c.40-1G>C Benign/Likely benign ★★ same condition
CRYBA4 c.444-18G>A Benign ★★ same condition
CRYBA4 p.Arg103Cys Benign/Likely benign ★★ 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/cryba4-p-phe94ser (accessed [today's date]).

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