GFAP p.Leu289=
c.867G>A · rs1325062595 · VCV2796807
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)
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 -2.2, phastCons 0.93 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 11.57 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0011%
South Asian · 1/91,084 alleles
Overall
6.2e-05%
1/1,613,928 alleles · very rare
exomes 1/1,461,554 · genomes 0/152,374 · 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.Leu289=
- Coding
- c.867G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_002055
- dbSNP
- rs1325062595
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr17:44911711 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.991 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 80.70 · 1 PDB
- Residue 289
- the if rod domain; the 'coil 2b' region
Similar variants
- GFAP p.Leu289Ter Uncertain significance ★ 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
- GFAP p.Arg70Trp Pathogenic ★★ same type
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/gfap-p-leu289 (accessed [today's date]).
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