GFAP p.Asp78=
c.234C>T · VCV4281494
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 3.1 | GERP 0.81, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 8.706 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
8.47e-05%
European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,180,040 alleles
Overall
6.2e-05%
1/1,614,200 alleles · very rare
exomes 1/1,461,850 · genomes 0/152,350 · joint denominator
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
- GFAP
- Protein
- p.Asp78=
- Coding
- c.234C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_002055
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr17:44915253 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.991 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 80.70 · 1 PDB
- Residue 78
- the if rod domain; the 'coil 1a' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in alxdrd; adult form); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in alxdrd)
Similar variants
- GFAP p.Asp78Glu Pathogenic ★ same residue
- GFAP p.Asp78Tyr Pathogenic ★ same residue
- GFAP p.Arg239Cys Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GFAP p.Arg239His Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GFAP p.Arg239Leu Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GFAP p.Arg258Cys Pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same type
- GFAP p.Arg376Trp Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GFAP p.Arg416Trp Pathogenic ★★ 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/gfap-p-asp78 (accessed [today's date]).
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