Is PEX5 p.Leu439= (c.1315C>T) pathogenic?

PEX5 p.Leu439= (c.1315C>T) is classified Likely benign in PEX5 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-11-03). Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas); Associated with peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B.

What condition is associated with PEX5 p.Leu439= (c.1315C>T)?

PEX5 p.Leu439= (c.1315C>T) is associated with peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B (ClinVar).

How common is PEX5 p.Leu439= (c.1315C>T) in the general population?

PEX5 p.Leu439= (c.1315C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

PEX5 p.Leu439=

c.1315C>T · rs756242143 · VCV1544763

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Conditions

peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B

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 2.2	GERP 0.74, phastCons 0.97
Overall
CADD	12.67	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0022% South Asian · 2/91,086 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000365% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000136%

Overall 0.00031% 5/1,614,148 alleles · very rare exomes 5/1,461,828 · genomes 0/152,320 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,543
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	64,028
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	589,995

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: PEX5
Protein: p.Leu439=
Coding: c.1315C>T
MANE Select: NM_001351132
dbSNP: rs756242143
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:7208590 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.768 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 70.28 · 11 PDB
Residue 439: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pbd2b; impaired ability to mediate peroxisomal import of proteins containing both a c-terminal pts1- and pts2-type targeting signals); an α-helix

Full PEX5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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PEX5 c.847-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
PEX5 c.967-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
PEX5 p.Arg237Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
PEX5 p.Arg276Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
PEX5 p.Arg420Ter 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/pex5-p-leu439 (accessed [today's date]).

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