Is MPL p.Cys77= (c.231C>T) pathogenic?

MPL p.Cys77= (c.231C>T) is classified Likely benign in MPL (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-10-07). Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas); Associated with essential thrombocythemia.

What condition is associated with MPL p.Cys77= (c.231C>T)?

MPL p.Cys77= (c.231C>T) is associated with essential thrombocythemia, congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (ClinVar).

How common is MPL p.Cys77= (c.231C>T) in the general population?

MPL p.Cys77= (c.231C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

How is Essential thrombocythemia inherited?

Typically Multigenic/multifactorial, Not applicable (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

MPL p.Cys77=

c.231C>T · rs747378368 · VCV728130

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Conditions

essential thrombocythemia

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 0.022	GERP 0.81, phastCons 0.82
Overall
CADD	7.687	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,880 alleles

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,461,886 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00223%	44,880
South Asian	0.0011%	91,092

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: MPL
Protein: p.Cys77=
Coding: c.231C>T
MANE Select: NM_005373
dbSNP: rs747378368
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:43338560 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.022 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.44 · 1 PDB
Residue 77: a disulfide bond; a β-strand

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

Disease context

essential thrombocythemia — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia

For Essential thrombocythemia (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Multigenic/multifactorial, Not applicable
Onset: All ages
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000 (United States)

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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/mpl-p-cys77 (accessed [today's date]).

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