Is ESPNL p.Cys319Tyr (c.956G>A) pathogenic?

ESPNL p.Cys319Tyr (c.956G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ESPNL (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-08-12). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9369); Very rare (popmax 0.000932%, nfe).

How common is ESPNL p.Cys319Tyr (c.956G>A) in the general population?

ESPNL p.Cys319Tyr (c.956G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.000932%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ESPNL p.Cys319Tyr (c.956G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9369) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ESPNL p.Cys319Tyr

c.956G>A · rs138231097 · VCV2369606

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9369 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000932%, nfe)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9369	likely pathogenic · top 3% in ESPNL
REVEL	0.576	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -16.16	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.07	unconstrained · MANE · 31 kb · p 0.0064 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.6	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000932% European (non-Finnish) · 11/1,179,666 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0005% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000366%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,612,110 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: ESPNL
Protein: p.Cys319Tyr
Coding: c.956G>A
MANE Select: NM_194312
dbSNP: rs138231097
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:238117003 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.651 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 65.57

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

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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/espnl-p-cys319tyr (accessed [today's date]).

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