MYO15A · rs712271
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Strength of the evidence
Its strongest genetic-study result is p = 10−13, with 2 associations in the GWAS Catalog.
4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.
What the study found
Who was studied 112,429 African American or Afro-Caribbean individuals, 54,250 Hispanic or Latin American individuals, 5,835 East Asian ancestry individuals, 389,192 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the A allele shifted the measure 0.0216 lower (95% confidence interval 0.016-0.027); p = 2 × 10−13.
How common The A allele had a frequency of about 25% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17p11.2 — in an intron of MYO15A.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 2 submitters), last evaluated 2018-06-22.
ClinVar record 1246601 NM_016239.4(MYO15A):c.8088+62A>G
Change history MyGeneLog™ keeps a copy of every weekly release from 2026-10-19 and compares them. This position's classification has not changed since.
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.
How common each version is
AG
A 37.2% · G 62.8%
A 38.8% · G 61.2%
A 39.1% · G 60.9%
A 41.3% · G 58.7%
A 48.6% · G 51.4%
A 24.9% · G 75.1%
A 31.8% · G 68.2%
A 24.5% · G 75.5%
The share of all copies of this position that are each version. Source: the population studies published in dbSNP (US NCBI); each row names its study.
rs712271 is a single position in the genome, in or near the MYO15A gene. Published research associates it with aspartate aminotransferase (ast, mean, inv-norm transformed). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.
GWAS Catalog, Science (New York, N.Y.) 2024, PMID:39024449. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.
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Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, mean, inv-norm transformed) (rs712271). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs712271