Is TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C) pathogenic?

TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C) is classified Uncertain significance in TLK2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-05-25). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.7489); Very rare (popmax 0.00068%, nfe); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C)?

TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C) in the general population?

TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00068%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about TLK2 p.Leu245Phe (c.735G>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.7489) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

TLK2 p.Leu245Phe

c.735G>C · VCV3969245

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.7489 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00068%, nfe)

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.7489	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.22	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -10.86	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt call this damaging; REVEL does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.7	GERP -1.2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.33	constrained · MANE · 42 kb · p 3.3e-29 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	28.1	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 0.00068% European (non-Finnish) · 8/1,176,294 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000293% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000211%

Overall 0.000498% 8/1,606,370 alleles · very rare exomes 6/1,454,346 · genomes 2/152,024 · 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: TLK2
Protein: p.Leu245Phe
Coding: c.735G>C
MANE Select: NM_006852
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:62560030 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.103 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.15 · 2 PDB
Residue 245: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mrd57); the 'required for interaction with tlk1 and dynll1/lc8' region

Full TLK2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/tlk2-p-leu245phe (accessed [today's date]).

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