Is PHKB p.Glu17= (c.51G>A) pathogenic?

PHKB p.Glu17= (c.51G>A) is classified Likely benign in PHKB (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-06). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with glycogen storage disease IXb.

What condition is associated with PHKB p.Glu17= (c.51G>A)?

PHKB p.Glu17= (c.51G>A) is associated with glycogen storage disease IXb (ClinVar).

How common is PHKB p.Glu17= (c.51G>A) in the general population?

PHKB p.Glu17= (c.51G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

PHKB p.Glu17=

Q: How is Glycogen storage disease due to liver and muscle phosphorylase kinase deficiency inherited?

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

c.51G>A · VCV4767701

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

glycogen storage disease IXb

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 5.7	GERP 0.62, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	12.93	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,926 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000429% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000313%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,613,160 alleles · very rare exomes 10/1,460,948 · genomes 1/152,212 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,926
European (non-Finnish)	0.000848%	117,982

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: PHKB
Protein: p.Glu17=
Coding: c.51G>A
MANE Select: NM_000293
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:47461401 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.792 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 87.06 · 6 PDB
Residue 17: the 'calmodulin-binding' region

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

Disease context

glycogen storage disease IXb — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Glycogen storage disease due to liver and muscle phosphorylase kinase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood

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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/phkb-p-glu17 (accessed [today's date]).

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