MERTK p.Ser491=
c.1473T>A · rs2104401880 · VCV1562057
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| REVEL | 0.063 | moderately benign-leaning |
|---|---|---|
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP -15 | GERP -3.7 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.008 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00133%
African / African-American · 1/75,064 alleles
Overall
6.2e-05%
1/1,614,194 alleles · very rare
exomes 1/1,461,850 · genomes 0/152,344 · joint denominator
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.Ser491=
- Coding
- c.1473T>A
- MANE Select
- NM_006343
- dbSNP
- rs2104401880
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr2:111997345 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.787 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 72.78 · 42 PDB
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- 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
- MERTK p.Ala768Val 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-ser491 (accessed [today's date]).
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