Is ABCA2 p.Ala1457= (c.4371A>C) pathogenic?

ABCA2 p.Ala1457= (c.4371A>C) is classified Likely benign in ABCA2 (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-05-01). Very rare (popmax 0.00348%, nfe); Associated with ABCA2-related disorder.

What condition is associated with ABCA2 p.Ala1457= (c.4371A>C)?

ABCA2 p.Ala1457= (c.4371A>C) is associated with ABCA2-related disorder (ClinVar).

How common is ABCA2 p.Ala1457= (c.4371A>C) in the general population?

ABCA2 p.Ala1457= (c.4371A>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00348%, nfe) (gnomAD).

ABCA2 p.Ala1457=

c.4371A>C · rs764316488 · VCV3055588

Likely benign No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00348%, nfe)

Conditions

ABCA2-related disorder

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	all four deltas below 0.2 · T>A here scores Δ0.27 · evaluated, not missing
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -20	GERP -2.9
Overall
CADD	1.385	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00348% European (non-Finnish) · 41/1,179,852 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00259% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00233%

Overall 0.00267% 43/1,612,188 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00348%	28,777
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,450
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,794

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: ABCA2
Protein: p.Ala1457=
Coding: c.4371A>C
MANE Select: NM_001606
dbSNP: rs764316488
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:137013908 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.436 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 71.46
Residue 1457: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in idpogsa)

Full ABCA2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

ABCA2-related disorder

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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/abca2-p-ala1457 (accessed [today's date]).

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