17-44915253-G-A

Variant names:

• chr17-44915253-G-A
• rs121909720
• NM_002055.5:c.234C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM2 BP4_Moderate

The NM_002055.5(GFAP):​c.234C>T​(p.Asp78Asp) variant causes a synonymous change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,850 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GFAP NM_002055.5 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Likely benign criteria provided, single submitter B:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 5.86
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

GFAP (HGNC:4235): (glial fibrillary acidic protein) This gene encodes one of the major intermediate filament proteins of mature astrocytes. It is used as a marker to distinguish astrocytes from other glial cells during development. Mutations in this gene cause Alexander disease, a rare disorder of astrocytes in the central nervous system. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GFAP Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Alexander disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• Alexander disease type II

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.41).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GFAP	NM_002055.5	c.234C>T	p.Asp78Asp	synonymous_variant	Exon 1 of 9	ENST00000588735.3	NP_002046.1
GFAP	NM_001363846.2	c.234C>T	p.Asp78Asp	synonymous_variant	Exon 1 of 10		NP_001350775.1
GFAP	NM_001242376.3	c.234C>T	p.Asp78Asp	synonymous_variant	Exon 1 of 7		NP_001229305.1
GFAP	NM_001131019.3	c.234C>T	p.Asp78Asp	synonymous_variant	Exon 1 of 8		NP_001124491.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GFAP	ENST00000588735.3	c.234C>T	p.Asp78Asp	synonymous_variant	Exon 1 of 9	1	NM_002055.5	ENSP00000466598.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461850 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727230

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53384

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1112004

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Likely benign

Submissions summary: Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Benign:1

Sep 01, 2025

CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

GFAP: BP4, BP7

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.41
CADD	Benign	8.7
DANN	Benign	0.66
PhyloP100		5.9
PromoterAI		-0.00090	Neutral

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs121909720; hg19: chr17-42992621;