Is FLG p.Val2891= (c.8673G>T) pathogenic?

FLG p.Val2891= (c.8673G>T) is classified Benign in FLG (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2023-04-11). Common (popmax 60.7%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with ichthyosis vulgaris.

What condition is associated with FLG p.Val2891= (c.8673G>T)?

FLG p.Val2891= (c.8673G>T) is associated with ichthyosis vulgaris (ClinVar).

FLG p.Val2891=

Q: How common is FLG p.Val2891= (c.8673G>T) in the general population?

FLG p.Val2891= (c.8673G>T) is common (popmax 60.7%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.8673G>T · rs57672167 · VCV1222401

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 60.7%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

ichthyosis vulgaris

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Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not looked up on this page · why
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -20	GERP -3
Overall
CADD	0.391	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 60.7% East Asian · 27,085/44,636 alleles

Filtering AF 60.1% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 59.8%

Overall 20.6% 328,756/1,596,296 alleles · common exomes 296,335/1,455,962 · genomes 32,421/140,334 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	60.7%	2
Admixed American	42.7%	2
South Asian	41.3%	2
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	30.4%	3
Middle Eastern	29.4%	3
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	24.2%	4
African / African-American	23.3%	4
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	19.6%	5
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	17.8%	6
European (non-Finnish)	15.9%	6

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: FLG
Protein: p.Val2891=
Coding: c.8673G>T
MANE Select: NM_002016
dbSNP: rs57672167
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:152306213 (GRCh38)

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

Disease context

ichthyosis vulgaris — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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/flg-p-val2891 (accessed [today's date]).

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