Is FTH1 p.Leu36= (c.106C>T) pathogenic?

FTH1 p.Leu36= (c.106C>T) is classified Likely benign in FTH1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-03-13). Very rare (popmax 0.00135%, afr).

How common is FTH1 p.Leu36= (c.106C>T) in the general population?

FTH1 p.Leu36= (c.106C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00135%, afr) (gnomAD).

FTH1 p.Leu36=

c.106C>T · VCV4912009

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00135%, afr)

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 7.8	GERP 0.15, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	14.53	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00135% African / African-American · 1/74,228 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000248% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00016%

Overall 0.000553% 8/1,446,576 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00135%	74,228
European (non-Finnish)	0.000597%	167,413

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: FTH1
Protein: p.Leu36=
Coding: c.106C>T
MANE Select: NM_002032
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:61967320 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.396 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.69 · 167 PDB
Residue 36: an α-helix; the ferritin-like diiron domain

Full FTH1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

BEST1 p.Arg218Ser Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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FTH1 c.*312A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same type
FTH1 c.-136C>A Uncertain significance ★ same type
FTH1 c.-14C>T Uncertain significance ★ same type
FTH1 c.-2C>T Uncertain significance ★ same type
FTH1 p.Asp172Asn Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
FTH1 p.Leu149Val Uncertain significance ★ same type

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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/fth1-p-leu36 (accessed [today's date]).

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