Is SI c.2159+16A>G pathogenic?

SI c.2159+16A>G is classified Likely benign in SI (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-12-08). Very rare (popmax 0.000173%, nfe).

How common is SI c.2159+16A>G in the general population?

SI c.2159+16A>G is very rare (popmax 0.000173%, nfe) (gnomAD).

SI c.2159+16A>G

rs1220687020 · VCV1620548

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000173%, nfe)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +16	near-intronic (+16 nt from the splice site)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.2	GERP 0.36, phastCons 0.056
Non-coding constraint	Z -2.77	1 kb window · o/e 1.22 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	14.07	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000173% European (non-Finnish) · 2/1,154,194 alleles

Filtering AF 2.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.00014% 2/1,432,752 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: SI
Coding: c.2159+16A>G
MANE Select: NM_001041
dbSNP: rs1220687020
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:165040924 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.009 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.86 · 2 PDB

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

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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/si-c-2159-plus-16a-g (accessed [today's date]).

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