MERTK p.Asp840=
c.2520T>C · rs756331920 · VCV1589889
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.0033%, nfe)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| REVEL | 0.008 | strongly benign-leaning |
|---|---|---|
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP -0.26 | GERP -3.6, phastCons 0.11 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 1.619 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0033%
European (non-Finnish) · 39/1,180,030 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00247%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00217%
Overall
0.00242%
39/1,614,038 alleles · very rare
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
- MERTK
- Protein
- p.Asp840=
- Coding
- c.2520T>C
- MANE Select
- NM_006343
- dbSNP
- rs756331920
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr2:112028384 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.787 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 72.78 · 42 PDB
- Residue 840
- the protein kinase domain
Similar variants
- MERTK p.Asp840Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
- MERTK c.1296+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MERTK c.1605-2A>G Pathogenic ★★ same type
- MERTK c.1787-2A>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MERTK c.1867+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MERTK c.1868-1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
- MERTK c.2189+1G>T Pathogenic ★★ same type
- MERTK p.Ala768Thr Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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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/mertk-p-asp840 (accessed [today's date]).
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