GRM6 p.Ala29=
c.87G>C · rs1076876 · VCV1168216
Benign/Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Benign/Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 3 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
rare (popmax 0.773%, 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 -1.4 | GERP -3.3 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 6.595 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.773%
African / African-American · 481/62,220 alleles
Filtering AF
0.716%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.693%
Overall
0.0451%
546/1,210,026 alleles · rare
exomes 231/1,060,082 · genomes 315/149,944 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.773% | 129 |
| Middle Eastern | 0.135% | 741 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.101% | 986 |
| Admixed American | 0.0287% | 3,487 |
| East Asian | 0.0039% | 25,660 |
| South Asian | 0.00303% | 32,998 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000924% | 108,167 |
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
- GRM6
- Protein
- p.Ala29=
- Coding
- c.87G>C
- MANE Select
- NM_000843
- dbSNP
- rs1076876
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr5:178994858 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.229 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 85.90 · 5 PDB
Similar variants
- GRM6 p.Ala29Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- GRM6 p.Ala29fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
- GRM6 c.722-2A>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- GRM6 p.Arg238Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GRM6 p.Arg446Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GRM6 p.Arg621Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GRM6 p.Gln488Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- GRM6 p.Gln681Ter Pathogenic/Likely 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/grm6-p-ala29 (accessed [today's date]).
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