Is EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter (c.684C>A) pathogenic?

EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter (c.684C>A) is classified Pathogenic in EARS2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-05-28). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome.

What condition is associated with EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter (c.684C>A)?

EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter (c.684C>A) is associated with leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter (c.684C>A) in the general population?

EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter (c.684C>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

EARS2 p.Tyr228Ter

Q: How is Leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome inherited?

Typically No data available (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.684C>A · rs1445826036 · VCV803228

Pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Conditions

leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Consequence	nonsense (stop-gain)	predicted loss-of-function
NMD	predicted	premature termination codon in exon 4 of 9
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.7	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	37.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: EARS2
Protein: p.Tyr228Ter
Coding: c.684C>A
MANE Select: NM_001083614
dbSNP: rs1445826036
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:23535162 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.138 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 89.84
Residue 228: a binding site

Full EARS2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: No data available
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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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/ears2-p-tyr228ter (accessed [today's date]).

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