Is NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter (c.2903C>A) pathogenic?

NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter (c.2903C>A) is classified Likely pathogenic in NOTCH3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-01-19). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with cerebral arteriopathy, autosomal dominant, with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, type 1.

How common is NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter (c.2903C>A) in the general population?

NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter (c.2903C>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter

Q: What condition is associated with NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter (c.2903C>A)?

NOTCH3 p.Ser968Ter (c.2903C>A) is associated with cerebral arteriopathy, autosomal dominant, with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, type 1 (ClinVar).

Q: How is Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy-subcortical infarcts-leukoencephalopathy inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.2903C>A · rs2046836692 · VCV1895440

Likely pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Not reported

no allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,606,102)

Conditions

cerebral arteriopathy, autosomal dominant, with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, type 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 18 of 33
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.6, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	40.0	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

No allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,606,102). This is missing data, not an absence: the variant may or may not be present in gnomAD. Rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for it.

Variant & gene context

Gene: NOTCH3
Protein: p.Ser968Ter
Coding: c.2903C>A
MANE Select: NM_000435
dbSNP: rs2046836692
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:15181052 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.566 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 61.79 · 6 PDB
Residue 968: a disulfide bond; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in carasil1; likely pathogenic); the egf-like 25 domain

Full NOTCH3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

cerebral arteriopathy, autosomal dominant, with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, type 1 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy-subcortical infarcts-leukoencephalopathy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

NOTCH3 p.Ser968= Likely benign ★ same residue
NOTCH3 c.341-2A>T Pathogenic ★★ same condition
NOTCH3 p.Arg1006Cys Pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
NOTCH3 p.Arg1076Cys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
NOTCH3 p.Arg110Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
NOTCH3 p.Arg133Cys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
NOTCH3 p.Arg141Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
NOTCH3 p.Arg153Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition

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/notch3-p-ser968ter (accessed [today's date]).

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