CCDC42

Chr 17

coiled-coil domain containing 42

Also known as: CCDC42A

NCBI Gene: 146849ENSG00000161973UniProt: Q96M95

Predicted to be involved in spermatid development. Predicted to act upstream of or within acrosome assembly; centrosome cycle; and cilium assembly. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including microtubule cytoskeleton; sperm head-tail coupling apparatus; and sperm principal piece. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

63
ClinVar variants
11
Pathogenic / LP
0.00
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— CCDC42
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
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ClinVar Variants
11 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 49 VUS of 63 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
1.07LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 1.36
OE 0.64 (0.40–1.07)
Tolerant

Highly tolerant — LoF variants common in population

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
0.66Z-score
OE missense 0.87 (0.77–0.98)
176 obs / 202.5 exp
Tolerant

Mild missense constraint

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.64 (0.40–1.07)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.87 (0.77–0.98)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.88
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 11 / 17.1Missense obs/exp: 176 / 202.5Syn Z: 0.80

ClinVar Variant Classifications

63 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic11
VUS49
Likely Benign3
11
Pathogenic
49
VUS
3
Likely Benign

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
11
0
11
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
0
0
0
VUS
0
45
4
0
49
Likely Benign
0
3
0
0
3
Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Total04815063

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

CCDC42 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype

OMIM

No OMIM entries found.

Clinical Literature
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Clinical Trials

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External Resources

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