Is PRPF6 p.Asp97= (c.291T>C) pathogenic?

PRPF6 p.Asp97= (c.291T>C) is classified Likely benign in PRPF6 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-10-24). Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, nfe).

How common is PRPF6 p.Asp97= (c.291T>C) in the general population?

PRPF6 p.Asp97= (c.291T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, nfe) (gnomAD).

PRPF6 p.Asp97=

c.291T>C · rs762742527 · VCV1666280

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, nfe)

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 -0.93	GERP -1.6, phastCons 0.009
Overall
CADD	5.924	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0022% European (non-Finnish) · 26/1,179,870 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00153% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0013%

Overall 0.00174% 28/1,613,724 alleles · very rare exomes 28/1,461,660 · genomes 0/152,064 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.0022%	45,380
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,462
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,894

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: PRPF6
Protein: p.Asp97=
Coding: c.291T>C
MANE Select: NM_012469
dbSNP: rs762742527
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:63984957 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.445 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.07 · 33 PDB
Residue 97: an α-helix

Full PRPF6 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/prpf6-p-asp97 (accessed [today's date]).

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