Is RTEL1 p.Glu981= (c.2943G>A) pathogenic?

RTEL1 p.Glu981= (c.2943G>A) is classified Likely benign in RTEL1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-09-05). Very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe); Associated with pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 3.

How common is RTEL1 p.Glu981= (c.2943G>A) in the general population?

RTEL1 p.Glu981= (c.2943G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe) (gnomAD).

RTEL1 p.Glu981=

Q: What condition is associated with RTEL1 p.Glu981= (c.2943G>A)?

RTEL1 p.Glu981= (c.2943G>A) is associated with pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 3, dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive 5 (ClinVar).

c.2943G>A · rs1409271751 · VCV2929333

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe)

Conditions

pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 3

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 0.45	GERP 0.11
Overall
CADD	3.239	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00017% European (non-Finnish) · 2/1,179,486 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000124% 2/1,612,054 alleles · very rare exomes 2/1,459,886 · genomes 0/152,168 · 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: RTEL1
Protein: p.Glu981=
Coding: c.2943G>A
MANE Select: NM_001283009
dbSNP: rs1409271751
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:63693234 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.661 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 72.64 · 3 PDB
Residue 981: the 'disordered' region

Full RTEL1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 3 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive 5

Similar variants

RTEL1 p.Glu981Asp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
RTEL1 p.Glu981Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
RTEL1 p.Glu981fs Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same residue
RTEL1 p.Glu981Gln Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
RTEL1 c.1037+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
RTEL1 c.1192-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
RTEL1 c.1596-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
RTEL1 c.2142-1G>C 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/rtel1-p-glu981 (accessed [today's date]).

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