Is ABCA2 p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) pathogenic?

ABCA2 p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ABCA2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-09-18). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0803); Very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr).

How common is ABCA2 p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) in the general population?

ABCA2 p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABCA2 p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0803) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABCA2 p.Arg1079Gln

c.3236G>A · rs953464622 · VCV2429607

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0803 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0803	likely benign
REVEL	0.214	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -3.66	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.2	GERP -0.59, phastCons 0.68
Regional constraint	o/e 0.59	unconstrained · MANE · 914 bp · p 3.8e-13 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

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

⚠ Isoform check: AlphaMissense numbered on a different transcript (AM R1078Q vs ClinVar R1079Q) — verify the residue.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00534% African / African-American · 4/74,880 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00175% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00104%

Overall 0.0018% 29/1,612,492 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00534%	18,720
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,232
South Asian	0.0022%	45,543
European (non-Finnish)	0.00169%	58,997
Admixed American	0.00167%	59,988

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.Arg1079Gln
Coding: c.3236G>A
MANE Select: NM_001606
dbSNP: rs953464622
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:137016043 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.436 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 71.46
Residue 1079: the abc transporter 1 domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in idpogsa)

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

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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/abca2-p-arg1079gln (accessed [today's date]).

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