Is ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T) pathogenic?

ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in ABCA3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2018-01-13). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2476); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with interstitial lung disease due to ABCA3 deficiency.

What condition is associated with ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T)?

ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T) is associated with interstitial lung disease due to ABCA3 deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T) in the general population?

ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser (c.4735G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2476) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABCA3 p.Ala1579Ser

Q: How is Interstitial lung disease due to ABCA3 deficiency inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.4735G>T · rs886051810 · VCV318395

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2476 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

interstitial lung disease due to ABCA3 deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2476	likely benign
REVEL	0.722	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.53	damaging
⇒ REVEL and SaProt call this damaging; AlphaMissense does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.90	unconstrained · MANE · 10 kb · p 0.0034 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.3	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: ABCA3
Protein: p.Ala1579Ser
Coding: c.4735G>T
MANE Select: NM_001089
dbSNP: rs886051810
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:2278053 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.612 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.00 · 2 PDB
Residue 1579: the abc transporter 2 domain; an α-helix; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in smdp3)

Full ABCA3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

interstitial lung disease due to ABCA3 deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Interstitial lung disease due to ABCA3 deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal

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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/abca3-p-ala1579ser (accessed [today's date]).

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