Is HCFC1 p.Leu1908= (c.5724C>T) pathogenic?

HCFC1 p.Leu1908= (c.5724C>T) is classified Benign in HCFC1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-07-31). Very rare (popmax 0.00704%, afr); Associated with methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria, type cblX.

What condition is associated with HCFC1 p.Leu1908= (c.5724C>T)?

HCFC1 p.Leu1908= (c.5724C>T) is associated with methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria, type cblX (ClinVar).

How common is HCFC1 p.Leu1908= (c.5724C>T) in the general population?

HCFC1 p.Leu1908= (c.5724C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00704%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

HCFC1 p.Leu1908=

c.5724C>T · rs782525708 · VCV2909572

Benign Single submitter

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00704%, afr)

Conditions

methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria, type cblX

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.007	strongly benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.4	GERP -1.8, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	6.78	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00704% African / African-American · 4/56,783 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00234% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00141%

Overall 0.000426% 5/1,174,384 alleles · very rare exomes 4/1,061,710 · genomes 1/112,674 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00704%	14,196
European (non-Finnish)	0.000114%	874,829

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: HCFC1
Protein: p.Leu1908=
Coding: c.5724C>T
MANE Select: NM_005334
dbSNP: rs782525708
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:153950523 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 47.89 · 11 PDB
Residue 1908: a β-strand; the fibronectin type-iii 3 domain

Full HCFC1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria, type cblX — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
Onset: All ages

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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/hcfc1-p-leu1908 (accessed [today's date]).

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