Is DRP2 p.Leu59= (c.175C>T) pathogenic?

DRP2 p.Leu59= (c.175C>T) is classified Likely benign in DRP2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-13). Very rare (popmax 0.00235%, nfe).

How common is DRP2 p.Leu59= (c.175C>T) in the general population?

DRP2 p.Leu59= (c.175C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00235%, nfe) (gnomAD).

DRP2 p.Leu59=

c.175C>T · rs765542790 · VCV1925345

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00235%, nfe)

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 0.82	GERP -0.19, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.155	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00235% European (non-Finnish) · 21/895,211 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00151% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00128%

Overall 0.00174% 21/1,210,319 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: DRP2
Protein: p.Leu59=
Coding: c.175C>T
MANE Select: NM_001197293 · reported on NM_001939
dbSNP: rs765542790
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:101235917 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.49 · 15 PDB
Residue 59: a β-strand

Full DRP2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

DRP2 p.Leu59Arg Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
DRP2 p.Leu59Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
DRP2 p.Glu432Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
DPYSL2 p.Asn492Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
DPYSL2 p.Asp520Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
DRP2 p.Ala205Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
DRP2 p.Ala643Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
DRP2 p.Arg199His 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/drp2-p-leu59 (accessed [today's date]).

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