Is PTCH2 p.His259= (c.777C>T) pathogenic?

PTCH2 p.His259= (c.777C>T) is classified Likely benign in PTCH2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-04-23). Very rare (popmax 0.000348%, nfe); Associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

What condition is associated with PTCH2 p.His259= (c.777C>T)?

PTCH2 p.His259= (c.777C>T) is associated with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is PTCH2 p.His259= (c.777C>T) in the general population?

PTCH2 p.His259= (c.777C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000348%, nfe) (gnomAD).

PTCH2 p.His259=

c.777C>T · rs1653415897 · VCV1917929

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000348%, nfe)

Conditions

nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

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
Pangolin	Δ0.21	loss · gain 0.00 · not in the SpliceAI release · independent
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.4	GERP -0.74, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.816	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000348% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,150,814 alleles

Filtering AF 8.1e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.5e-05%

Overall 0.000254% 4/1,572,510 alleles · very rare exomes 4/1,420,218 · genomes 0/152,292 · 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: PTCH2
Protein: p.His259=
Coding: c.777C>T
MANE Select: NM_003738
dbSNP: rs1653415897
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:44830884 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.895 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.25
Residue 259: the 'extracellular domain 1 (ecd1)' region

Full PTCH2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/ptch2-p-his259 (accessed [today's date]).

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