LDLR p.Leu16=
c.48C>A · rs565675103 · VCV250983
ClinGen expert panel — Familial Hypercholesterolemia VCEP
Likely Benign for hypercholesterolemia, familial. Applied ACMG criteria (verbatim):
PM2 PP4 BP7 BP4
Curation rationale (ClinGen, verbatim)
The NM_000527.5 (LDLR):c.48C>A (p.Leu16=) variant is classified as Likely Benign for Familial Hypercholesterolemia by applying ACMG/AMP evidence codes PM2, PP4, BP4 and BP7 as defined by the ClinGen Familial Hypercholesterolemia Expert Panel LDLR-specific variant curation guidelines (specification version 1.2) on 7 November 2023. The supporting evidence is as follows: PM2: PopMax MAF=0.00006 in Latino population in gnomAD (gnomAD v2.1.1). PP4: Variant meets PM2 and is identified in 1 index case with possible FH by Simon Broome criteria, after alternative causes of high cholesterol were excluded, from PMID 7635461 (Ekstrom et al., 1995), Sweden. BP4: Variant is synonymous and splicing evaluation is required. Functional data on splicing is not available. MES: A) Not on limits. B) Not on limits. Variant is not predicted to alter splicing. SpliceAI did not predict alternative splicing (Δ score=0). BP7 met: Variant is synonymous and meets BP4. This variant has 2 supporting evidence codes (BP4, BP7) towards Benign, enough to classify as Likely Benign, and only PM2 and PP4 evidence codes towards Pathogenic, not enough for Likely Pathogenic, so we are confident in classifying this variant as Likely Benign.
ClinGen Evidence Repository → · reported verbatim, not re-tallied by Sugi Variant.
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 0.1 | GERP 1.5, phastCons 0.002 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 4.917 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
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
- LDLR
- Protein
- p.Leu16=
- Coding
- c.48C>A
- MANE Select
- NM_000527
- dbSNP
- rs565675103
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr19:11089596 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.091 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 75.81 · 36 PDB
Similar variants
- LDLR p.Leu16Pro Uncertain significance ★★★ ⚠ same residue
- LDLR p.Leu16Val Uncertain significance ★★★ ⚠ same residue
- LDLR p.Leu16Arg Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- LDLR p.Leu16Phe Likely benign ★ same residue
- LDLR c.1186+5G>A Likely pathogenic ★★★ same condition
- LDLR c.1359-1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
- LDLR c.1359-5C>G Likely pathogenic ★★★ same condition
- LDLR c.1705+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★★ same condition
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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/ldlr-p-leu16 (accessed [today's date]).
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