Is NHS p.Ser245= (c.735C>T) pathogenic?

NHS p.Ser245= (c.735C>T) is classified Likely benign in NHS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-02-25). Very rare (popmax 0.00531%, afr); Associated with Nance-Horan syndrome.

What condition is associated with NHS p.Ser245= (c.735C>T)?

NHS p.Ser245= (c.735C>T) is associated with Nance-Horan syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is NHS p.Ser245= (c.735C>T) in the general population?

NHS p.Ser245= (c.735C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00531%, afr) (gnomAD).

NHS p.Ser245=

c.735C>T · VCV3666557

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00531%, afr)

Conditions

Nance-Horan 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 -9.8	GERP -3.5
Overall
CADD	0.203	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00531% African / African-American · 3/56,497 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00141% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000691%

Overall 0.000662% 8/1,207,956 alleles · very rare exomes 6/1,098,008 · genomes 2/109,948 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00531%	18,832
East Asian	0.00297%	33,698
European (non-Finnish)	0.000447%	223,665

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: NHS
Protein: p.Ser245=
Coding: c.735C>T
MANE Select: NM_001291867
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:17692351 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 43.65
Residue 245: the 'wave homology domain (whd)' region; the 'disordered' region

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

Disease context

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

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NHS p.Gln80Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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/nhs-p-ser245 (accessed [today's date]).

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