EMP2 p.Thr134=
c.402C>T · rs78031978 · VCV1201554
Benign/Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Benign/Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 4 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
low-frequency (popmax 2.33%, afr)
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 -0.31 | GERP -3.6 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 1.783 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
2.33%
African / African-American · 1,746/74,830 alleles
Filtering AF
2.24%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 2.21%
Overall
0.122%
1,960/1,612,004 alleles · low-frequency
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 2.33% | 43 |
| Admixed American | 0.161% | 623 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.125% | 801 |
| Middle Eastern | 0.033% | 3,030 |
| South Asian | 0.00552% | 18,120 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.0028% | 35,733 |
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
- EMP2
- Protein
- p.Thr134=
- Coding
- c.402C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_001424
- dbSNP
- rs78031978
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr16:10533007 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.855 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 94.89
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- EMP2 p.Arg166His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- EMP2 p.Glu121Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- EMP2 p.Ile69Met Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- EMP2 p.Thr43Ile Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- EMP2 p.Tyr143His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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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/emp2-p-thr134 (accessed [today's date]).
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