Is PDGFB p.Asp51= (c.153C>T) pathogenic?

PDGFB p.Asp51= (c.153C>T) is classified Likely benign in PDGFB (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-03-04). Very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr).

How common is PDGFB p.Asp51= (c.153C>T) in the general population?

PDGFB p.Asp51= (c.153C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr) (gnomAD).

PDGFB p.Asp51=

c.153C>T · rs1480528383 · VCV2103263

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.8	GERP 0.62, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.415	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00333% Admixed American · 2/60,006 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000553% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000207%

Overall 0.000124% 2/1,611,368 alleles · very rare exomes 2/1,459,024 · genomes 0/152,344 · joint denominator

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: PDGFB
Protein: p.Asp51=
Coding: c.153C>T
MANE Select: NM_002608
dbSNP: rs1480528383
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:39235785 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.473 · pLI 0.99 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.77 · 6 PDB

Full PDGFB 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/pdgfb-p-asp51 (accessed [today's date]).

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