Viewing single variant in MT-ND2

Uncertain Significance (VUS)Not in ClinVar or MITOMAP — mtDNA classification needs case-level review

MT-ND2:m.4516G>A (p.Gly16Asp)

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Nomenclaturem.4516G>Ap.Gly16AspchrMT:4516|Not in ClinVar

TypeMissense

InheritanceMitochondrial

gnomAD mtDNA

Absent

of 56,433 genomes

SIFT

deleterious (0)

PolyPhen

probably_damaging (1)

ESM1b

-15.70

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MITOMAPReported

Live entry

Disease: Possible Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) modulatorReported as: homoplasmicGenBank: 0 sequences

MITOMAP (mitomap.org), CC BY 3.0 · disease table as of 2026-10-07

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

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proteinrRNAtRNAouter ring H-strand · inner L-strandMITOMAP confirmedreported (as of 2026-10-07)

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CTACTCTACCATCTTTGCAGGCACACTCATCACAGCGCTAA

MT-ND2

m.4496–4536 of the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (NC_012920.1); the boxed base is m.4516 G→A.

37 genes from Ensembl (rCRS numbering, matched to MITOMAP’s Gene Loci); landmarks and disease alleles from MITOMAP (CC BY 3.0). Circular layout after MitoWheel.

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Franklin (Genoox)

AI-powered curation

MITOMAP

mtDNA variant database · expect a security check

VarSome

Variant interpretation · expect a security check

OMIM

Gene & phenotype

gnomAD

mtDNA frequencies (v3.1)

UCSC Browser

Genome browser

m.4516G>A

Resolving variant against ClinVar, gnomAD and Ensembl…

MT-ND2:m.4516G>A (p.Gly16Asp)

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

Lollipop Plot — Protein Context & Regional Constraint

Population Allele Frequencies

Mechanism of Pathogenicity

External Resources

MT-ND2:m.4516G>A (p.Gly16Asp)

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

Lollipop Plot — Protein Context & Regional Constraint

Population Allele Frequencies

Mechanism of Pathogenicity

External Resources