Is DRC1 p.Phe550= (c.1650C>T) pathogenic?

DRC1 p.Phe550= (c.1650C>T) is classified Likely benign in DRC1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-06-30). Very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas); Associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia.

What condition is associated with DRC1 p.Phe550= (c.1650C>T)?

DRC1 p.Phe550= (c.1650C>T) is associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia (ClinVar).

How common is DRC1 p.Phe550= (c.1650C>T) in the general population?

DRC1 p.Phe550= (c.1650C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Primary ciliary dyskinesia inherited?

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

DRC1 p.Phe550=

c.1650C>T · rs1291985624 · VCV2733943

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)

Conditions

primary ciliary dyskinesia

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 0.97	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	8.539	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0011% South Asian · 1/90,764 alleles

Overall 6.85e-05% 1/1,460,160 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: DRC1
Protein: p.Phe550=
Coding: c.1650C>T
MANE Select: NM_145038
dbSNP: rs1291985624
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:26450642 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.867 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.44 · 1 PDB
Residue 550: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cild21; multiple flagellar abnormalities are present in patient sperm); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in spgf80); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cild21)

Full DRC1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

primary ciliary dyskinesia — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Primary ciliary dyskinesia (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
Onset: Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000 (Pakistan)

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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/drc1-p-phe550 (accessed [today's date]).

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