Is SHARPIN p.Leu179Val (c.535C>G) pathogenic?

SHARPIN p.Leu179Val (c.535C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in SHARPIN (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-06-10). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2874); Very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe).

How common is SHARPIN p.Leu179Val (c.535C>G) in the general population?

SHARPIN p.Leu179Val (c.535C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about SHARPIN p.Leu179Val (c.535C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2874) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

SHARPIN p.Leu179Val

c.535C>G · VCV3953962

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2874 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2874	likely benign
REVEL	0.315	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -11.22	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.8	GERP -1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.07	unconstrained · MANE · 4,872 bp · p 0.12 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.8	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000339% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,179,994 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.000274% 4/1,460,376 alleles · very rare

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: SHARPIN
Protein: p.Leu179Val
Coding: c.535C>G
MANE Select: NM_030974
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:144099827 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.902 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.78 · 3 PDB
Residue 179: the 'self-association' region; an α-helix; the 'interaction with shank1' region

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

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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/sharpin-p-leu179val (accessed [today's date]).

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