Is FOXE1 p.Pro238= (c.714C>T) pathogenic?

FOXE1 p.Pro238= (c.714C>T) is classified Benign in FOXE1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-05-12). Common (popmax 7.44%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele.

FOXE1 p.Pro238=

Q: How common is FOXE1 p.Pro238= (c.714C>T) in the general population?

FOXE1 p.Pro238= (c.714C>T) is common (popmax 7.44%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.714C>T · rs3021525 · VCV1181358

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 7.44%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

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 -0.12	GERP -2.5, phastCons 0.17
Overall
CADD	8.28	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 7.44% East Asian · 2,420/32,532 alleles

Filtering AF 7.19% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 7.09%

Overall 0.259% 3,612/1,392,682 alleles · common exomes 3,194/1,241,268 · genomes 418/151,414 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	7.44%	13
South Asian	1.27%	79
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.37%	271
Admixed American	0.207%	483
Middle Eastern	0.101%	989
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.078%	1,282
European (non-Finnish)	0.00952%	10,509
African / African-American	0.00153%	65,402

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: FOXE1
Protein: p.Pro238=
Coding: c.714C>T
MANE Select: NM_004473
dbSNP: rs3021525
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:97854628 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.926 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 62.02

Full FOXE1 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/foxe1-p-pro238 (accessed [today's date]).

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