Is PDE6C p.Cys524Tyr (c.1571G>A) pathogenic?

PDE6C p.Cys524Tyr (c.1571G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in PDE6C (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-09-20). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.3705); Very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe).

How common is PDE6C p.Cys524Tyr (c.1571G>A) in the general population?

PDE6C p.Cys524Tyr (c.1571G>A) is very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PDE6C p.Cys524Tyr (c.1571G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.3705) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PDE6C p.Cys524Tyr

c.1571G>A · rs1292991479 · VCV1464176

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.3705 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3705	ambiguous
REVEL	0.677	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.61	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; SaProt does not; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 8.6	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 53 kb · p 8.6e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.7	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 8.48e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,179,468 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,238 alleles · very rare

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: PDE6C
Protein: p.Cys524Tyr
Coding: c.1571G>A
MANE Select: NM_006204
dbSNP: rs1292991479
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:93640158 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.976 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.53 · 7 PDB
Residue 524: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in achm5); the pdease domain; an α-helix

Full PDE6C gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/pde6c-p-cys524tyr (accessed [today's date]).

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