Is ESPNL p.Pro107Leu (c.320C>T) pathogenic?

ESPNL p.Pro107Leu (c.320C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in ESPNL (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2339); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0137%, nfe).

How common is ESPNL p.Pro107Leu (c.320C>T) in the general population?

ESPNL p.Pro107Leu (c.320C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0137%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ESPNL p.Pro107Leu (c.320C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2339) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ESPNL p.Pro107Leu

c.320C>T · rs753585102 · VCV3090517

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2339 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0137%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2339	likely benign
REVEL	0.368	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.32	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2	GERP 0.54, phastCons 0.91
Regional constraint	o/e 1.07	unconstrained · MANE · 31 kb · p 0.0064 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.1	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0137% European (non-Finnish) · 161/1,179,458 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0119% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0113%

Overall 0.0103% 165/1,609,676 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.0137%	7,326
Admixed American	0.00334%	29,948
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00321%	31,163

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.Pro107Leu
Coding: c.320C>T
MANE Select: NM_194312
dbSNP: rs753585102
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:238101966 (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-pro107leu (accessed [today's date]).

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