GDF5 p.Ser181=
c.543C>T · rs754016979 · VCV1330800
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.005%, 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 3.2 | GERP 0.69, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 12.82 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.005%
Admixed American · 3/59,960 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00133%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000718%
Overall
0.00136%
22/1,612,614 alleles · very rare
exomes 21/1,460,486 · genomes 1/152,128 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.005% | 19,987 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,408 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00144% | 69,348 |
| South Asian | 0.0011% | 91,064 |
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
- GDF5
- Protein
- p.Ser181=
- Coding
- c.543C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_000557
- dbSNP
- rs754016979
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr20:35437386 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.71 · pLI 0.03 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 71.04 · 15 PDB
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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/gdf5-p-ser181 (accessed [today's date]).
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