MTHFD1 p.Arg557=
c.1671G>A · rs765045712 · VCV3044459
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | all four deltas below 0.2 · G>T here scores Δ0.81 · evaluated, not missing |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 0.67 | GERP -0.65, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 8.075 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00801%
African / African-American · 6/74,902 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00347%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00229%
Overall
0.000372%
6/1,613,044 alleles · very rare
exomes 4/1,460,836 · genomes 2/152,208 · 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
- MTHFD1
- Protein
- p.Arg557=
- Coding
- c.1671G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_005956
- dbSNP
- rs765045712
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr14:64439169 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.51 · pLI 0.83 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 94.63 · 12 PDB
- Residue 557
- a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cimah); the 'formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase domain' region
Similar variants
- MTHFD1 p.Arg557Trp Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- MTHFD1 c.727+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTHFD1 p.Arg173Cys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTHFD1 p.Gln100Ter Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTHFD1 p.Glu225Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTHFD1 p.Ser49Phe Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTHFD1 c.186+5C>T Uncertain significance ★★ same type
- MTHFD1 p.Arg173His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/mthfd1-p-arg557 (accessed [today's date]).
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