ESS2 p.His178=
c.534C>T · rs149239809 · VCV723064
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
rare (popmax 0.315%, amr)
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 -3.1 | GERP -3.1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 6.415 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.315%
Admixed American · 189/60,020 alleles
Filtering AF
0.298%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.295%
Overall
0.248%
4,001/1,614,128 alleles · rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.315% | 318 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.307% | 326 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.254% | 393 |
| African / African-American | 0.0427% | 2,345 |
| Finnishnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00156% | 64,022 |
| South Asian | 0.0011% | 91,078 |
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
- ESS2
- Protein
- p.His178=
- Coding
- c.534C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_022719
- dbSNP
- rs149239809
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr22:19139891 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.844 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 68.41 · 5 PDB
Similar variants
- ESS2 p.His178Arg Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- ESS2 p.His178Gln Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- ESS2 p.Arg175Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ESS2 p.Asn311= Benign ★★ same type
- ESS2 p.Glu234Lys Benign ★★ ⚠ same type
- ESS2 p.Lys66= Benign/Likely benign ★★ same type
- ESS2 p.Pro99Leu Benign ★★ same type
- ESS2 p.Ser7Ala Benign ★★ same type
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/ess2-p-his178 (accessed [today's date]).
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