VDR p.Arg296=
c.888C>T · rs768711979 · VCV1159663
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | all four deltas below 0.2 · G>C here scores Δ0.59 · evaluated, not missing |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP -2.7 | GERP -3.5 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.76 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00267%
African / African-American · 2/74,908 alleles
Filtering AF
0.000542%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000428%
Overall
0.000991%
16/1,613,786 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.00267% | 37,454 |
| East Asian | 0.00223% | 44,888 |
| South Asian | 0.0011% | 91,076 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00102% | 98,338 |
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
- VDR
- Protein
- p.Arg296=
- Coding
- c.888C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_000376
- dbSNP
- rs768711979
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr12:47846676 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.714 · pLI 0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 84.56 · 52 PDB
- Residue 296
- the nr lbd domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in vddr2a; loss of calcitriol receptor activity; loss of affinity for calcitriol; no effect on ligand-independent localization to the nucleus)
Similar variants
- VDR p.Arg296Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
- VDR p.Arg274His Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same type
- VDR p.Arg30Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- VDR p.Arg343Cys Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- VDR p.Arg391His Pathogenic ★★ same type
- VDR p.Arg50Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- VDR p.Arg73Gln Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- VDR p.Arg73Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
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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/vdr-p-arg296 (accessed [today's date]).
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