KRT5 p.Arg227=
c.681G>A · rs775727503 · VCV2643029
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0329%, mid)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| REVEL | 0.03 | moderately benign-leaning |
|---|---|---|
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know |
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP -0.12 | phastCons 0.033 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 12.6 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0329%
Middle Eastern · 2/6,084 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0058%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00241%
Overall
0.00136%
22/1,614,064 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 20/1,461,892 · genomes 2/152,172 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Easterngrpmax | 0.0329% | 3,042 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0032% | 31,245 |
| Finnishnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00312% | 32,016 |
| Admixed American | 0.00167% | 60,002 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00127% | 78,669 |
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
- KRT5
- Protein
- p.Arg227=
- Coding
- c.681G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_000424
- dbSNP
- rs775727503
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr12:52519035 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.538 · pLI 0.90 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 68.86 · 2 PDB
- Residue 227
- the if rod domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in ddd1); the 'coil 1b' region
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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/krt5-p-arg227 (accessed [today's date]).
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