Is TCAP p.Tyr81= (c.243C>T) pathogenic?

TCAP p.Tyr81= (c.243C>T) is classified Likely benign in TCAP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-10-05). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

What condition is associated with TCAP p.Tyr81= (c.243C>T)?

TCAP p.Tyr81= (c.243C>T) is associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 25 (ClinVar).

How common is TCAP p.Tyr81= (c.243C>T) in the general population?

TCAP p.Tyr81= (c.243C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

TCAP p.Tyr81=

c.243C>T · VCV3749816

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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 1.8	GERP 0.49, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	8.736	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,006 alleles

Overall 6.21e-05% 1/1,610,032 alleles · very rare exomes 0/1,457,736 · genomes 1/152,296 · 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: TCAP
Protein: p.Tyr81=
Coding: c.243C>T
MANE Select: NM_003673
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:39665848 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.374 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.89 · 2 PDB
Residue 81: a β-strand

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

Disease context

familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 25

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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/tcap-p-tyr81 (accessed [today's date]).

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