MTTP p.Tyr178Ter
c.534C>A · rs776885561 · VCV1455229
Pathogenic
Single submitter
Classification
Pathogenic
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
Consequence
nonsense (stop-gain)
predicted LoF
gnomAD v4.1
Absent
absent from gnomAD v4.1
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Consequence | nonsense (stop-gain) | predicted loss-of-function |
|---|---|---|
| NMD | predicted | premature termination codon in exon 5 of 18 |
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 1.3 | GERP 0.94, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 37.0 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.
Variant & gene context
- Gene
- MTTP
- Protein
- p.Tyr178Ter
- Coding
- c.534C>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001386140
- dbSNP
- rs776885561
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr4:99591267 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.672 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 86.73 · 2 PDB
- Residue 178
- the vitellogenin domain; a β-strand
Similar variants
- MTTP p.Tyr178= Likely benign ★ same residue
- MTTP c.1067+1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTTP c.1236+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTTP c.1769+2T>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTTP c.1867+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTTP c.1867+5G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTTP c.1868-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MTTP c.2342+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/mttp-p-tyr178ter (accessed [today's date]).
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