VSX2 p.Asp286=
c.858C>T · rs772616650 · VCV759808
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
rare (popmax 0.299%, eas)
Conditions
2
isolated microphthalmia 2
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 5 | GERP -1.1, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 11.0 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.299%
East Asian · 132/44,182 alleles
Filtering AF
0.257%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.242%
Overall
0.00934%
149/1,595,740 alleles · rare
exomes 138/1,443,536 · genomes 11/152,204 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| East Asiangrpmax | 0.299% | 335 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00162% | 61,736 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00137% | 73,241 |
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
- VSX2
- Protein
- p.Asp286=
- Coding
- c.858C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_182894
- dbSNP
- rs772616650
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr14:74260691 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.35 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 61.65
- Residue 286
- the 'disordered' region
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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/vsx2-p-asp286 (accessed [today's date]).
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