Is PC p.Tyr187= (c.561C>T) pathogenic?

PC p.Tyr187= (c.561C>T) is classified Likely benign in PC (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2026-04-01). Very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas); Associated with pyruvate carboxylase deficiency disease.

What condition is associated with PC p.Tyr187= (c.561C>T)?

PC p.Tyr187= (c.561C>T) is associated with pyruvate carboxylase deficiency disease (ClinVar).

How common is PC p.Tyr187= (c.561C>T) in the general population?

PC p.Tyr187= (c.561C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive, Not applicable (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

PC p.Tyr187=

c.561C>T · rs145333590 · VCV737017

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas)

Conditions

pyruvate carboxylase deficiency disease

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 -3	GERP -3.7
Overall
CADD	7.633	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00659% South Asian · 6/91,020 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00486% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00447%

Overall 0.00527% 85/1,613,816 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00659%	15,170
European (non-Finnish)	0.00602%	16,619
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0048%	20,821
African / African-American	0.004%	24,978
Admixed American	0.00334%	29,983

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: PC
Protein: p.Tyr187=
Coding: c.561C>T
MANE Select: NM_001040716
dbSNP: rs145333590
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:66871124 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.539 · pLI 0.07 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.53 · 10 PDB
Residue 187: the biotin carboxylation domain; the atp-grasp domain

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

Disease context

pyruvate carboxylase deficiency disease — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive, Not applicable
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

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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/pc-p-tyr187 (accessed [today's date]).

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