SCN8A p.Val248=
c.744G>A · rs201298141 · VCV383681
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 4 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0187%, 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 7.3 | GERP 0.89, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 12.63 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0187%
African / African-American · 14/75,010 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0112%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00903%
Overall
0.000929%
15/1,614,010 alleles · ultra-rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.0187% | 5,358 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,510 |
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.Val248=
- Coding
- c.744G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001330260
- dbSNP
- rs201298141
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr12:51699607 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.189 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 68.90 · 7 PDB
- Residue 248
- an α-helix
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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-val248 (accessed [today's date]).
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