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

MT-TK:m.8316T>C

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Nomenclaturem.8316T>CchrMT:8316|ClinVar #2583105

Typemitochondrial tRNA variant

InheritanceMitochondrial

gnomAD mtDNA

Absent

of 56,433 genomes

MitoTIP

16.9 · Q1 likely pathogenic

PON-mt-tRNA

0.39 · likely neutral

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ClinVarnot provided

VCV002583105

Review: no classification providedSubmitters: 1view ↗Last evaluated: 1/01/01 00:00

MELAS syndrome[OMIM][MedGen][Orphanet][MONDO]

MITOMAPReported

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Disease: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)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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ACTGTAAAGCTAACTTAGCATTAACCTTTTAAGTTAAAGAT

MT-TK

m.8296–8336 of the revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (NC_012920.1); the boxed base is m.8316 T→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

mtDNA variant database · expect a security check

VarSome

Variant interpretation · expect a security check

OMIM

Gene & phenotype

gnomAD

mtDNA frequencies (v3.1)

UCSC Browser

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m.8316T>C

Resolving variant against ClinVar, gnomAD and Ensembl…

MT-TK:m.8316T>C

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

Population Allele Frequencies

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MT-TK:m.8316T>C

Where it sits in the mitochondrial genome

Population Allele Frequencies

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