Is ABCA4 p.Pro1401Ala (c.4201C>G) pathogenic?

ABCA4 p.Pro1401Ala (c.4201C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in ABCA4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-09-21). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1932); Very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr).

How common is ABCA4 p.Pro1401Ala (c.4201C>G) in the general population?

ABCA4 p.Pro1401Ala (c.4201C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABCA4 p.Pro1401Ala (c.4201C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1932) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABCA4 p.Pro1401Ala

c.4201C>G · rs1305455299 · VCV1444671

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1932 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1932	likely benign
REVEL	0.841	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.94	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and SaProt do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 10	GERP 2.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 128 kb · p 0.24 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.5	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

Grpmax group 0.005% Admixed American · 3/60,020 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00133% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000668%

Overall 0.000205% 3/1,461,834 alleles · very rare

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.Pro1401Ala
Coding: c.4201C>G
MANE Select: NM_000350
dbSNP: rs1305455299
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:94031048 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.786 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.96 · 8 PDB
Residue 1401: 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); an α-helix; a disulfide bond

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

Similar variants

ABCA4 p.Pro1401= Benign/Likely benign ★★ 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
ABCA4 c.4773+3A>G Pathogenic ★★★ same type

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-pro1401ala (accessed [today's date]).

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