Is ABCA1 p.Ile959= (c.2877C>T) pathogenic?

ABCA1 p.Ile959= (c.2877C>T) is classified Likely benign in ABCA1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2022-07-15). Very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with ABCA1 p.Ile959= (c.2877C>T)?

ABCA1 p.Ile959= (c.2877C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is ABCA1 p.Ile959= (c.2877C>T) in the general population?

ABCA1 p.Ile959= (c.2877C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr) (gnomAD).

ABCA1 p.Ile959=

c.2877C>T · rs147493554 · VCV1797113

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.7	GERP 0.29, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.538	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00667% African / African-American · 5/74,910 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00255% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00161%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,613,984 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00667%	14,982
European (non-Finnish)	8.47e-05%	1,180,038

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: ABCA1
Protein: p.Ile959=
Coding: c.2877C>T
MANE Select: NM_005502
dbSNP: rs147493554
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:104821458 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.563 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.50 · 7 PDB
Residue 959: the abc transporter 1 domain; a β-strand

Full ABCA1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/abca1-p-ile959 (accessed [today's date]).

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