Is DEF8 p.Leu163Phe (c.487C>T) pathogenic?

DEF8 p.Leu163Phe (c.487C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in DEF8 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-09-01). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4661); Very rare (popmax 0.000169%, nfe).

How common is DEF8 p.Leu163Phe (c.487C>T) in the general population?

DEF8 p.Leu163Phe (c.487C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000169%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DEF8 p.Leu163Phe (c.487C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4661) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DEF8 p.Leu163Phe

c.487C>T · VCV4239171

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4661 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000169%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4661	ambiguous
REVEL	0.677	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.76	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; SaProt does not; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 1.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 12 kb · p 0.019 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.9	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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

⚠ Isoform check: AlphaMissense numbered on a different transcript (AM L224F vs ClinVar L163F) — verify the residue.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000169% European (non-Finnish) · 2/1,179,998 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,461,638 alleles · very rare

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: DEF8
Protein: p.Leu163Phe
Coding: c.487C>T
MANE Select: NM_001242818
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:89959128 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.928 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.04

Full DEF8 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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DEF8 p.Val356Met Likely benign ★★ ⚠ same type
DEF8 c.-11+101C>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DEF8 c.-11+104C>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DEF8 c.-11+10G>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DEF8 c.-11+113C>A Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type

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/def8-p-leu163phe (accessed [today's date]).

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