Is MITF p.His167= (c.501T>C) pathogenic?

MITF p.His167= (c.501T>C) is classified Likely benign in MITF (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-09-01). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with Tietz syndrome.

What condition is associated with MITF p.His167= (c.501T>C)?

MITF p.His167= (c.501T>C) is associated with Tietz syndrome, Waardenburg syndrome type 2A, melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 8 (ClinVar).

How common is MITF p.His167= (c.501T>C) in the general population?

MITF p.His167= (c.501T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

MITF p.His167=

c.501T>C · VCV3750184

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

Tietz syndrome

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 4.1	GERP -1.9, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	9.306	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,080 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000186% 3/1,614,196 alleles · very rare exomes 3/1,461,830 · genomes 0/152,366 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	75,080
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	590,005

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: MITF
Protein: p.His167=
Coding: c.501T>C
MANE Select: NM_001354604
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:69937968 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.482 · pLI 0.99 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 62.25 · 12 PDB

Full MITF gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Tietz syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: Waardenburg syndrome type 2A melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 8

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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/mitf-p-his167 (accessed [today's date]).

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