GFAP p.Pro229=
c.687A>G · rs1225139999 · VCV1649568
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas)
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 -6.7 | GERP -1.7 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 2.531 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00659%
South Asian · 6/91,086 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00286%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00195%
Overall
0.000434%
7/1,614,188 alleles · very rare
exomes 7/1,461,872 · genomes 0/152,316 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| South Asiangrpmax | 0.00659% | 15,181 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 8.47e-05% | 1,180,016 |
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.Pro229=
- Coding
- c.687A>G
- MANE Select
- NM_002055
- dbSNP
- rs1225139999
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr17:44913362 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.991 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 80.70 · 1 PDB
- Residue 229
- the if rod domain; the 'linker 12' region
Similar variants
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- 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
- GFAP p.Arg79Cys 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-pro229 (accessed [today's date]).
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