Is PTEN p.Asp116= (c.348C>T) pathogenic?

PTEN p.Asp116= (c.348C>T) is classified Benign/Likely benign in PTEN (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-04-24). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with PTEN p.Asp116= (c.348C>T)?

PTEN p.Asp116= (c.348C>T) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, Cowden syndrome 1, PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is PTEN p.Asp116= (c.348C>T) in the general population?

PTEN p.Asp116= (c.348C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

PTEN p.Asp116=

c.348C>T · rs1114167651 · VCV428227

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic 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
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	14.02	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,960 alleles

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,460,914 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,960
European (non-Finnish)	8.48e-05%	1,179,138

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: PTEN
Protein: p.Asp116=
Coding: c.348C>T
MANE Select: NM_000314
dbSNP: rs1114167651
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:87933107 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.685 · pLI 0.05 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 83.76 · 12 PDB
Residue 116: the phosphatase tensin-type domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mcephas)

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

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: Cowden syndrome 1 PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome

Similar variants

PTEN p.Asp116His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
PTEN p.Asp116Ala Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
PTEN p.Asp116Asn Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
PTEN p.Asp116Glu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
PTEN p.Asp116Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
PTEN p.Asp116fs Likely pathogenic ★ same residue
PTEN c.1026+1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
PTEN c.1027-1852A>G Likely 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/pten-p-asp116 (accessed [today's date]).

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