Is ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A) pathogenic?

ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in ABCA4 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2020-01-24). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.8385); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with inherited retinal dystrophy.

What condition is associated with ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A)?

ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A) is associated with inherited retinal dystrophy, severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A) in the general population?

ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp (c.5558C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.8385) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABCA4 p.Ala1853Asp

c.5558C>A · rs886044753 · VCV236135

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.8385 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

inherited retinal dystrophy

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.8385	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.829	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.38	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL call this damaging; SaProt does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	all four deltas below 0.2 · G>A here scores Δ0.96 · evaluated, not missing
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 9.8	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 128 kb · p 0.24 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.0	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: ABCA4
Protein: p.Ala1853Asp
Coding: c.5558C>A
MANE Select: NM_000350
dbSNP: rs886044753
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:94011288 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.786 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.96 · 8 PDB
Residue 1853: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cord3; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in stgd1; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in a patient with chorioretinal atrophy; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in a patient with macular dystrophy; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in stgd1 and cord3; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (sequence variant); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in stgd1 and ffm; uncertain significance); an α-helix

Full ABCA4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

inherited retinal dystrophy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy

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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/abca4-p-ala1853asp (accessed [today's date]).

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