Is EPG5 p.Asp554= (c.1662C>T) pathogenic?

EPG5 p.Asp554= (c.1662C>T) is classified Likely benign in EPG5 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-10-06). Very rare (popmax 0.00668%, eas); Associated with Vici syndrome.

What condition is associated with EPG5 p.Asp554= (c.1662C>T)?

EPG5 p.Asp554= (c.1662C>T) is associated with Vici syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is EPG5 p.Asp554= (c.1662C>T) in the general population?

EPG5 p.Asp554= (c.1662C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00668%, eas) (gnomAD).

EPG5 p.Asp554=

c.1662C>T · rs1286762760 · VCV2919291

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00668%, eas)

Conditions

Vici 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 0.46	GERP 0.011, phastCons 0.78
Overall
CADD	11.89	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00668% East Asian · 3/44,886 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00177% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000891%

Overall 0.00118% 19/1,613,554 alleles · very rare exomes 17/1,461,402 · genomes 2/152,152 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00668%	14,962
African / African-American	0.00401%	24,965
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,462
European (non-Finnish)	0.00102%	98,310

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: EPG5
Protein: p.Asp554=
Coding: c.1662C>T
MANE Select: NM_020964
dbSNP: rs1286762760
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr18:45946678 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.58 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 74.24 · 1 PDB
Residue 554: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in vicis); the 'disordered' region

Full EPG5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Vici syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/epg5-p-asp554 (accessed [today's date]).

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