LRRC8A p.Ala172=
c.516C>T · rs2491865416 · VCV1975986
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0165%, mid)
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 0.27 | GERP -4, phastCons 0.96 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 2.306 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0165%
Middle Eastern · 1/6,062 alleles
Filtering AF
6.8e-05%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%
Overall
0.000274%
4/1,461,674 alleles · ultra-rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Easterngrpmax | 0.0165% | 6,062 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000254% | 393,328 |
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
- LRRC8A
- Protein
- p.Ala172=
- Coding
- c.516C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_019594
- dbSNP
- rs2491865416
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr9:128907680 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.614 · pLI 0.06 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 85.52 · 13 PDB
Similar variants
- LRRC8A p.Ala172Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- LRRC8A p.Ala497Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- LRRC8A p.Arg148His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- LRRC8A p.Arg214Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- LRRC8A p.Arg218Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- LRRC8A p.Arg218Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- LRRC8A p.Arg262Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- LRRC8A p.Arg496Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/lrrc8a-p-ala172 (accessed [today's date]).
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