Is ABCA2 p.Arg1428Cys (c.4282C>T) pathogenic?

ABCA2 p.Arg1428Cys (c.4282C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in ABCA2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-05-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0847); Very rare (popmax 0.00492%, nfe).

How common is ABCA2 p.Arg1428Cys (c.4282C>T) in the general population?

ABCA2 p.Arg1428Cys (c.4282C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00492%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABCA2 p.Arg1428Cys (c.4282C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0847) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABCA2 p.Arg1428Cys

c.4282C>T · rs376746889 · VCV2569868

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0847 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00492%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0847	likely benign
REVEL	0.301	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.68	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.5	GERP -1.4, phastCons 0.97
Regional constraint	o/e 1.04	unconstrained · MANE · 1,453 bp · p 0.54 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	18.45	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 R1427C vs ClinVar R1428C) — verify the residue.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00492% European (non-Finnish) · 58/1,179,872 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00386% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00353%

Overall 0.00403% 65/1,611,890 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00492%	20,343
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0048%	20,815
African / African-American	0.00267%	37,455
South Asian	0.0022%	45,536

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.Arg1428Cys
Coding: c.4282C>T
MANE Select: NM_001606
dbSNP: rs376746889
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:137013997 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.436 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 71.46
Residue 1428: 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-arg1428cys (accessed [today's date]).

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