SCN8A p.Glu445=
c.1335G>A · rs576113589 · VCV1604197
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0133%, afr)
Conditions
1
early-infantile DEE
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 0.94 | GERP -3.1, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 6.978 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0133%
African / African-American · 10/75,036 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00722%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00549%
Overall
0.00322%
52/1,612,406 alleles · ultra-rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.0133% | 7,504 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0048% | 20,817 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00331% | 30,234 |
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
- SCN8A
- Protein
- p.Glu445=
- Coding
- c.1335G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001330260
- dbSNP
- rs576113589
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr12:51705617 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.189 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 68.90 · 7 PDB
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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/scn8a-p-glu445 (accessed [today's date]).
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