VSX2 p.Asp54=
c.162C>T · rs61747367 · VCV1140368
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0183%, mid)
Conditions
1
isolated microphthalmia 2
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 3.3 | GERP 1, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 12.28 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0183%
Middle Eastern · 1/5,470 alleles
Filtering AF
0.000558%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000441%
Overall
0.000968%
15/1,549,210 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 11/1,396,894 · genomes 4/152,316 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Easterngrpmax | 0.0183% | 5,470 |
| East Asian | 0.00244% | 40,946 |
| South Asian | 0.00119% | 84,028 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00105% | 95,557 |
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.Asp54=
- Coding
- c.162C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_182894
- dbSNP
- rs61747367
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr14:74239723 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.35 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 61.65
Similar variants
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- VSX2 p.Arg200Pro Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- VSX2 p.Arg200Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
- VSX2 p.Arg227Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- VSX2 p.Cys29Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
- VSX2 p.Gln197Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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-asp54 (accessed [today's date]).
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