Is DNMT1 p.Ser1144= (c.3432C>T) pathogenic?

DNMT1 p.Ser1144= (c.3432C>T) is classified Likely benign in DNMT1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-01-20). Very rare (popmax 0.00424%, nfe); Associated with hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome.

What condition is associated with DNMT1 p.Ser1144= (c.3432C>T)?

DNMT1 p.Ser1144= (c.3432C>T) is associated with hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is DNMT1 p.Ser1144= (c.3432C>T) in the general population?

DNMT1 p.Ser1144= (c.3432C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00424%, nfe) (gnomAD).

DNMT1 p.Ser1144=

Q: How is Hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome inherited?

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

c.3432C>T · rs564054594 · VCV953417

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00424%, nfe)

Conditions

hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome

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 -5.1	GERP -4.2
Overall
CADD	0.058	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00424% European (non-Finnish) · 50/1,180,030 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00326% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00294%

Overall 0.00335% 54/1,614,128 alleles · very rare exomes 52/1,461,824 · genomes 2/152,304 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00424%	23,601
African / African-American	0.00266%	37,526
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,504
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	63,970

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: DNMT1
Protein: p.Ser1144=
Coding: c.3432C>T
MANE Select: NM_001130823
dbSNP: rs564054594
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:10140872 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.15 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.88 · 29 PDB
Residue 1144: the sam-dependent mtase c5-type domain; a β-strand; the 'interaction with the prc2/eed-ezh2 complex' region

Full DNMT1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adolescent, Adult

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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/dnmt1-p-ser1144 (accessed [today's date]).

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