DEAF1 p.Phe240=
c.720T>C · rs1271364831 · VCV1256297
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr)
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 -0.49 | GERP -3.6 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 2.585 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00267%
African / African-American · 2/74,870 alleles
Filtering AF
0.000443%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000166%
Overall
0.000248%
4/1,613,968 alleles · very rare
exomes 2/1,461,884 · genomes 2/152,084 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.00267% | 37,435 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000169% | 590,016 |
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
- DEAF1
- Protein
- p.Phe240=
- Coding
- c.720T>C
- MANE Select
- NM_021008
- dbSNP
- rs1271364831
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr11:686942 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.18 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 61.62 · 3 PDB
- Residue 240
- the sand domain
Similar variants
- DEAF1 p.Phe240Ile Likely pathogenic ★ same residue
- DEAF1 p.Phe240Ser Pathogenic ★ same residue
- DEAF1 c.998-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- DEAF1 p.Arg224Pro Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- DEAF1 p.Arg224Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- DEAF1 p.Arg226Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- DEAF1 p.Arg246Thr Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- DEAF1 p.Arg261Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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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/deaf1-p-phe240 (accessed [today's date]).
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