Is CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G) pathogenic?

CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G) is classified Benign in CTU2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 5 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-01). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0467); Common (popmax 61.9%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, renal agenesis, and ambiguous genitalia syndrome.

What do computational predictors say about CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0467) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CTU2 p.Met253Val

Q: What condition is associated with CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G)?

CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G) is associated with microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, renal agenesis, and ambiguous genitalia syndrome (ClinVar).

Q: How common is CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G) in the general population?

CTU2 p.Met253Val (c.757A>G) is common (popmax 61.9%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.757A>G · rs11549837 · VCV1255418

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 5 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0467 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 61.9%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, renal agenesis, and ambiguous genitalia syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0467	likely benign
REVEL	0.07	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -1.77	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.8	GERP -1.4, phastCons 0.96
Regional constraint	o/e 1.61	unconstrained · MANE · 8,717 bp · p 1.9e-57 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	3.619	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

Grpmax group 61.9% East Asian · 25,407/41,016 alleles

Filtering AF 61.3% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 61%

Overall 36% 562,888/1,562,380 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	61.9%	2
Admixed American	46.1%	2
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	41.8%	2
African / African-American	41.6%	2
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	39.3%	3
South Asian	37.1%	3
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	36.4%	3
European (non-Finnish)	33.8%	3
Middle Eastern	30.9%	3
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	26.3%	4

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: CTU2
Protein: p.Met253Val
Coding: c.757A>G
MANE Select: NM_001012759
dbSNP: rs11549837
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:88713331 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.535 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.27
Residue 253: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in)

Full CTU2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, renal agenesis, and ambiguous genitalia syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

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CTU2 p.Thr291= Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CTU2 p.Gln416Ter Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
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CTU2 c.1420-37A>G 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/ctu2-p-met253val (accessed [today's date]).

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