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TTC8 p.Val159Ala

c.476T>C · rs1490715004 · VCV3028301

Uncertain significance Single submitter
Classification
Uncertain significance
ClinVar
Review
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ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0178%, eas)
Conditions
1
inherited retinal dystrophy

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL0.445indeterminate
Splicing
SpliceAI—not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
ConservationphyloP 6.2GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constrainto/e 0.98unconstrained · MANE · 53 kb · p 0.62 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD22.0PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group 0.0178% East Asian · 8/44,870 alleles
Filtering AF 0.00884% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00641%
Overall 0.000496% 8/1,614,034 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 8/1,461,758 · genomes 0/152,276 · 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
TTC8
Protein
p.Val159Ala
Coding
c.476T>C
MANE Select
NM_144596
dbSNP
rs1490715004
Type
single nucleotide variant
Location
chr14:88841183 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint
LOEUF 0.8 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure
AlphaFold pLDDT 84.48
Full TTC8 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/ttc8-p-val159ala (accessed [today's date]).

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