Genetic variant
rs121918198 a variant in the RPGRIP1L gene
rs121918198 is a single-letter difference in the RPGRIP1L gene, on chromosome 16. ClinVar, the public archive of variant interpretations, lists it as pathogenic: able to cause or contribute to disease. It has been reported in connection with Joubert syndrome 7 and Joubert syndrome, among others. Carrying it does not, on its own, mean you have or will develop any condition.
What is this?
Your DNA is a long sequence of four letters. At a few million positions, people commonly differ by a single letter; each of those positions is called a SNP (“snip”), and rs121918198 is the catalogue number of one of them, in the RPGRIP1L gene. Which letters you carry there — one copy from each parent — is your genotype.
RPGRIP1L (RPGRIP1 like): The protein encoded by this gene can localize to the basal body-centrosome complex or to primary cilia and centrosomes in ciliated cells. The encoded protein has been found to interact with nephrocystin-4. Defects in this gene are a cause of Joubert syndrome type 7 (JBTS7) and Meckel syndrome type 5 (MKS5). [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2016]
Gene description from NCBI Gene
Why might it matter?
ClinVar records this variant as pathogenic, meaning able to cause or contribute to disease. A classification describes the variant, not you: what it means for one person depends on their genotype, their family history and often on other genes and circumstances.
Conditions it has been reported with
- Joubert syndrome 7
- Joubert syndrome
- Meckel-Gruber syndrome
- COACH syndrome 3
- Meckel syndrome, type 5
- Joubert syndrome and related disorders
- RPGRIP1L-related disorder
Listed in ClinVar submissions for this variant. Being listed is a report of an association, not a statement that the variant causes the condition in any given person.
Do I have this variant?
If you have taken a consumer DNA test (23andMe, AncestryDNA and similar), you can download its raw data file and check. Create a free account, upload the file, and this page will show the letters you carry at rs121918198, if your test read this position.
Connect this with your blood results
A gene is a fixed instruction; a blood test shows what your body is doing now. CheckMyBloods reads the two side by side, so a variant can be set against the markers it could plausibly affect.
Blood markers do not diagnose a genetic condition, and a variant does not explain a blood result on its own. Together, with symptoms and family history, they give a clinician context.
What should I do next?
- Find out whether you carry it. Reading about a variant says nothing about you until you know your genotype.
- Put it in context. Add your blood results, so the variant can be read against what your body is doing.
- Ask questions. Dr. Hemsworth, our AI assistant, can explain this variant and your results in plain English.
- Take anything that worries you to a professional. A GP or genetic counsellor can order a confirmatory test and interpret it with your history.
This page is general information drawn from public research databases. It cannot diagnose anything, and it is not a substitute for advice from a doctor or genetic counsellor who knows your history.
Technical details
- dbSNP ID
- rs121918198
- Gene
- RPGRIP1L
- Position (GRCh38)
- chr16:53652843
- Variant type
- snv
- Consequence
- missense variant
- ClinVar classification
- Pathogenic
How common the less frequent letter is
- gnomAD ALL
- 0%
Sources
- dbSNP: rs121918198 — the reference record
- ClinVar — clinical interpretations submitted by laboratories
- SNPedia — community-written summaries
- NCBI Gene: RPGRIP1L
- Ensembl: RPGRIP1L