Is AASS p.Glu237Lys (c.709G>A) pathogenic?

AASS p.Glu237Lys (c.709G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in AASS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-03-18). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2671); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is AASS p.Glu237Lys (c.709G>A) in the general population?

AASS p.Glu237Lys (c.709G>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about AASS p.Glu237Lys (c.709G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2671) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

AASS p.Glu237Lys

c.709G>A · rs760852526 · VCV2012212

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2671 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2671	likely benign
REVEL	0.375	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.49	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.1	GERP 0.72, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 57 kb · p 0.0048 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.8	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: AASS
Protein: p.Glu237Lys
Coding: c.709G>A
MANE Select: NM_005763
dbSNP: rs760852526
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:122116936 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.948 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.73 · 9 PDB
Residue 237: the 'lysine-ketoglutarate reductase' region

Full AASS gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

AASS p.Glu237Ter Pathogenic ★ same residue
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AASS p.Arg132Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
AASS p.Arg146Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
AASS p.Asn34Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
AASS p.Asn865Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
AASS p.Gln921Arg Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type

Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/aass-p-glu237lys (accessed [today's date]).

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