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

MT-TK:m.8315A>C

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Nomenclaturem.8315A>CchrMT:8315|Not in ClinVar

Typemitochondrial tRNA variant

InheritanceMitochondrial

gnomAD mtDNA

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MitoTIP

7.9 · Q4 likely benign

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MITOMAPReported

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Disease: Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibres (MERRF)Reported as: heteroplasmicGenBank: 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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CACTGTAAAGCTAACTTAGCATTAACCTTTTAAGTTAAAGA

MT-TK · starts m.8295

m.8295–8335 of the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (NC_012920.1); the boxed base is m.8315 A→C.

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)

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MITOMAP

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VarSome

Variant interpretation · expect a security check

OMIM

Gene & phenotype

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mtDNA frequencies (v3.1)

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m.8315A>C

Resolving variant against ClinVar, gnomAD and Ensembl…

MT-TK:m.8315A>C

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

Population Allele Frequencies

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MT-TK:m.8315A>C

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

Population Allele Frequencies

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