# NM_005214.5(CTLA4):c.216dup (p.Val73fs)

https://sugi.bio/variant/ctla4-p-val73fs

## Summary

**CTLA4 p.Val73fs (c.216dup)** is classified **Pathogenic** in CTLA4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-02-12). No gnomAD frequency available for this variant; Associated with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsufficiency.

**At a glance:** Pathogenic · review: Single submitter · rsID rs2469719282 · 1 submitter · 1 linked condition · no gnomAD frequency available for this variant

## For patients & families {#patients}

This is a change in the CTLA4 gene that is reported as disease-causing, but on limited review, submitted by 1 submitter, and is linked to autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsufficiency.

*Reference information, not medical advice, and not a prediction for any individual. A genetic counselor or clinician can interpret what it means for you and your family.*

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Typical inheritance (of this condition) | Autosomal dominant |
| Age of onset (of this condition) | Adolescent, Adult, Childhood |
| Clinical trials | 3 registered for this condition — see ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Diagnostic panels | CTLA4 is a diagnostic-grade gene on 5 Genomics England panels |

**Commonly reported features of Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsuffiency** (across patients with this condition; presentation varies — frequencies from Orphanet):

- Decreased circulating antibody level — Very frequent (99-80%)
- Atopic dermatitis — Frequent (79-30%)
- Splenomegaly — Frequent (79-30%)
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia — Frequent (79-30%)
- Autoimmune thrombocytopenia — Frequent (79-30%)
- Diarrhea — Frequent (79-30%)
- Pneumonia — Frequent (79-30%)
- Hepatomegaly — Frequent (79-30%)

**Support & next steps:** [Condition overview & support (NIH GARD)](https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/0012316/index) · [Find a genetic counselor (NSGC)](https://findageneticcounselor.nsgc.org/).

## Identity {#identity}

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Gene | [CTLA4](https://sugi.bio/atlas/gene/CTLA4/) |
| Protein change (HGVS p.) | p.Val73fs |
| Coding change (HGVS c.) | c.216dup |
| MANE Select transcript | [NM_005214](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_005214) |
| dbSNP | [rs2469719282](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/rs2469719282/) |
| Variant type | Duplication |
| Location | chr2:203870691-203870692 (GRCh38) |
| ClinVar | [VCV2097298](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2097298/) |

**All HGVS expressions:** `LRG_1220:g.7907dup`, `LRG_1220t1:c.216dup`, `NC_000002.11:g.204735415dup`, `NC_000002.12:g.203870692dup`, `NG_011502.1:g.7907dup`, `NM_001037631.3:c.216dup`, `NM_005214.5:c.216dup`

## Computational & population evidence {#evidence}

**Concordance:** 1 independent predictor **concordant** with the ClinVar classification.

- **Missense predictors (AlphaMissense/REVEL/SaProt) do not apply** to this variant type — they score amino-acid substitutions only. For non-missense variants the computational signal comes from conservation (below), not from a missing predictor score.
- Conservation: phyloP 5.038, GERP 1.44, phastCons 1 — highly conserved position (PP3-type support)
- Molecular consequence: **frameshift** — a predicted loss-of-function variant. the gene is **loss-of-function-intolerant** (LOEUF 0.211, pLI 0.99829), supporting a loss-of-function disease mechanism. *Descriptive; not an applied PVS1 code.*
- Nonsense-mediated decay: the premature termination codon is **in exon 2 of 4**, so the transcript is predicted to undergo NMD.
- SpliceAI: **not assessed** — the release is built from a substitutions-only source, so it holds no duplication variants. That is a property of the dataset, not of the variant, and is not evidence against a splicing effect.
- Population frequency: **no gnomAD frequency available for this variant** — rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for this variant.

*Computational predictors are not independent (ClinGen Variant Classification guidance): AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023) carries the ACMG weight for missense and conservation (phyloP/GERP/phastCons) for non-missense; REVEL (Pejaver-2022 calibrated strength bands) and SaProt (Su et al. 2023, structure-aware, ClinVar-independent protein language model, raw LLR) are shown as orthogonal agreement signals, not additive. For frequency, the gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering allele frequency (FAF95) is ClinGen's designated BA1/BS1 input (gnomAD v4 guidance v3.0, June 2025); BA1/BS1 thresholds are disease-specific, not a blanket 5%. Predictions, not a clinical determination.*

## Gene constraint & dosage {#gene-context}

**CTLA4** population constraint: LOEUF 0.211, pLI 0.99829, missense-Z 2.0899. *Lower LOEUF and higher pLI indicate a gene that tolerates loss-of-function poorly; ClinGen dosage is the curated haploinsufficiency call.*

Curated gene–disease validity (ClinGen):

- **autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsufficiency** — Definitive (AD)

## Protein context {#protein}

Residue **73** lies in a disulfide bond; a β-strand; the ig-like v-type domain.

AlphaFold model confidence (whole protein): pLDDT 79.67, 48% of residues very-high.

**22 experimental structure(s)** (PDB): [1AH1](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/1AH1), [1H6E](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/1H6E), [1I85](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/1I85), [1I8L](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/1I8L), [2X44](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/2X44), [3BX7](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/3BX7) — incl. mutant structure 7SU0.

## What this gene does {#gene-function}

*Describes the biological roles of CTLA4 (the gene this variant disrupts) — not effects measured for this specific variant. A damaging variant is expected to affect these functions and pathways; the degree depends on the variant.*

**How this variant is thought to act:** CTLA4's established molecular role includes receptor decoy activity. p.Val73fs falls in the ig-like v-type domain.


### Pathways affected {#pathways}

CTLA4 participates in **3 Reactome pathways** (⚕ = disease pathway):

| Pathway (Reactome) | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| [Co-inhibition by CTLA4](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-389513) | curated |
| [Co-stimulation by CD28](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-389356) | curated |
| [RUNX1 and FOXP3 control the development of regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs)](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-8877330) | curated |

### Molecular function & processes (GO — experimentally supported) {#go}

**Molecular function:** receptor decoy activity.

**Biological process:** DNA damage response, negative regulation of B cell proliferation, positive regulation of apoptotic process, negative regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation, B cell receptor signaling pathway, negative regulation of T cell receptor signaling pathway.

## Clinical significance {#significance}

**Pathogenic** — review status Single submitter *(criteria provided, single submitter)*, last evaluated 2022-02-12.

**Submitter consensus:** unanimous (1/1 Pathogenic).

### Submitter classifications {#submitters}

| Submitter | Classification | Review | Method | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2022-02-12 |

## Associated conditions {#conditions}

[autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsufficiency](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/autoimmune-lymphoproliferative-syndrome-due-to-ctla4-haploinsufficiency/).

**Reported phenotype names (ClinVar):** Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsufficiency, IMMUNE DYSREGULATION WITH AUTOIMMUNITY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, AND LYMPHOPROLIFERATION, Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome type V, Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsuffiency, CTLA4 HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY WITH AUTOIMMUNE INFILTRATION, Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome 5.

## Similar variants {#similar}

Related CTLA4 variant pages (same residue, condition, or type): [CTLA4 p.Val73=](/variant/ctla4-p-val73), [CTLA4 p.Gly142_Ile143insMetGly](/variant/ctla4-p-gly142-ile143insmetgly), [CTLA4 p.Met91fs](/variant/ctla4-p-met91fs), [CTLA4 p.Tyr177fs](/variant/ctla4-p-tyr177fs), [CTLA4 p.Ala121fs](/variant/ctla4-p-ala121fs), [CTLA4 p.Arg51Ter](/variant/ctla4-p-arg51ter), [CTLA4 p.Arg75Trp](/variant/ctla4-p-arg75trp), [CTLA4 p.Asp153Asn](/variant/ctla4-p-asp153asn).

### Data sources & attribution {#sources}

ClinVar (NCBI — public domain, built 2026-10-11); gnomAD v4.1 (Broad Institute, built 2026-10-06); AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023, © Google DeepMind — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-01-27); REVEL (Ioannidis et al. 2016 — ODbL, built 2026-07-13); SaProt (Su et al. 2023 — MIT, built 2026-07-14); SpliceAI (Illumina — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-13); CADD (Rentzsch et al. 2019, University of Washington — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-10); Conservation (phyloP/phastCons/GERP) (UCSC hg38 470-way mammal (Hiller Lab) + Ensembl Compara, built 2026-07-12); gnomAD Non-coding Constraint (Gnocchi) (Chen et al. 2024, Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-11); gnomAD Regional Missense Constraint (Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-13); Pangolin (Zeng & Li 2022 — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-10-11); Repeat regions (UCSC — RepeatMasker, TRF, segmental duplications, built 2026-10-11); ClinGen (ClinGen, built 2026-09-22); UniProt (CC BY 4.0); Reactome / GO (CC BY 4.0, built 2026-09-23); MaveDB (per-record license, built 2026-10-11); CIViC (CC0, built 2026-09-22); Orphanet (Orphanet, built 2026-06-12)

*Primary record: NCBI ClinVar (variation 2097298). Classifications reflect these databases as of the page's build date and may change. Free reference use — not medical advice; consult the primary submitters and a clinician.*