Is PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C) pathogenic?

PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in PSPH (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-08-16). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.3749); Very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr); Associated with PSPH deficiency.

What condition is associated with PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C)?

PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C) is associated with PSPH deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C) in the general population?

PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PSPH p.Phe169Ser (c.506T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.3749) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PSPH p.Phe169Ser

c.506T>C · rs1253579440 · VCV1466162

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.3749 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)

Conditions

PSPH deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3749	ambiguous
REVEL	0.383	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.95	damaging
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.3	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.81	unconstrained · MANE · 9,447 bp · p 0.0022 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.2	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 0.00333% Admixed American · 2/60,008 alleles

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

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,461,802 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: PSPH
Protein: p.Phe169Ser
Coding: c.506T>C
MANE Select: NM_004577
dbSNP: rs1253579440
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:56015087 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.063 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 92.88 · 6 PDB
Residue 169: an α-helix

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

Disease context

PSPH deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

PSPH p.Arg101Ter Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
PSPH c.422-3A>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
PSPH c.570+3A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
PSPH c.570+5G>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
PSPH c.*341G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
PSPH p.Asn124Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
PSPH p.Asp32Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
PSPH p.Gln204His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/psph-p-phe169ser (accessed [today's date]).

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