MERTK p.Val425=
c.1275G>A · rs144708969 · VCV1140914
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
rare (popmax 0.203%, afr)
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 1.7 | GERP -0.7, phastCons 0.95 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 2.531 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.203%
African / African-American · 152/75,032 alleles
Filtering AF
0.176%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.166%
Overall
0.0125%
202/1,614,162 alleles · rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.203% | 494 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0144% | 6,946 |
| Admixed American | 0.00333% | 30,013 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00331% | 30,257 |
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.Val425=
- Coding
- c.1275G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_006343
- dbSNP
- rs144708969
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr2:111982972 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.787 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 72.78 · 42 PDB
- Residue 425
- a β-strand; the fibronectin type-iii 2 domain
Similar variants
- MERTK p.Val425Met Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
- MERTK p.Val425Ala Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- MERTK p.Val425Glu 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
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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-val425 (accessed [today's date]).
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