MERTK p.Asp863=
c.2589C>T · rs759444240 · VCV1156138
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 3 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0183%, 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 -2.9 | GERP -3.6 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.241 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0183%
Admixed American · 11/60,002 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0102%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00785%
Overall
0.00136%
22/1,614,034 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 16/1,461,860 · genomes 6/152,174 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.0183% | 5,455 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,488 |
| African / African-American | 0.00134% | 74,904 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000763% | 131,116 |
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.Asp863=
- Coding
- c.2589C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_006343
- dbSNP
- rs759444240
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr2:112028453 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.787 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 72.78 · 42 PDB
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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/mertk-p-asp863 (accessed [today's date]).
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