LCT p.Phe159=
c.477C>T · rs538160657 · VCV2413296
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.01%, amr)
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 3.2 | GERP -0.17, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 6.794 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.01%
Admixed American · 6/60,030 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00428%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00295%
Overall
0.000434%
7/1,614,220 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.01% | 10,005 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,512 |
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
- LCT
- Protein
- p.Phe159=
- Coding
- c.477C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_002299
- dbSNP
- rs538160657
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr2:135836693 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.62 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 86.63
- Residue 159
- the 'glycosyl hydrolase-1 1; region i' region
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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/lct-p-phe159 (accessed [today's date]).
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