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SPTLC2 p.Val72=

c.216G>A · VCV4922687

Likely benign Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
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ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.000847%, nfe)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL0.111moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI—not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
ConservationphyloP -0.13GERP -3.8, phastCons 0.45
Overall
CADD8.382PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group 0.000847% European (non-Finnish) · 10/1,180,032 alleles
Filtering AF 0.000429% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000312%
Overall 0.00062% 10/1,614,194 alleles · very rare exomes 10/1,461,882 · genomes 0/152,312 · 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
SPTLC2
Protein
p.Val72=
Coding
c.216G>A
MANE Select
NM_004863
Type
single nucleotide variant
Location
chr14:77597297 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint
LOEUF 0.494 · pLI 0.98 (gnomAD)
Structure
AlphaFold pLDDT 86.47 · 17 PDB
Residue 72
an α-helix
Full SPTLC2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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/sptlc2-p-val72 (accessed [today's date]).

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