ABCA4 p.Phe553=
c.1659C>T · rs61752396 · VCV1613774
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 1.1 | GERP -1.9, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 6.012 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00223%
East Asian · 1/44,888 alleles
Overall
0.000124%
2/1,614,012 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| East Asiangrpmax | 0.00223% | 44,888 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,490 |
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
- ABCA4
- Protein
- p.Phe553=
- Coding
- c.1659C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_000350
- dbSNP
- rs61752396
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr1:94063213 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.786 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 75.96 · 8 PDB
- Residue 553
- 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)
Similar variants
- ABCA4 p.Phe553Leu Pathogenic ★ same residue
- ABCA4 p.Phe553Val Likely pathogenic ★ same residue
- ABCA4 c.1937+1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same type
- ABCA4 c.3328+2T>A Pathogenic ★★★ same type
- ABCA4 c.3523-1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same type
- ABCA4 c.4253+43G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same type
- ABCA4 c.4254-1G>C Pathogenic ★★★ same type
- ABCA4 c.4352+1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same type
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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/abca4-p-phe553 (accessed [today's date]).
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