Is ABCA4 p.Ser2127Phe (c.6380C>T) pathogenic?

ABCA4 p.Ser2127Phe (c.6380C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in ABCA4 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2022-10-04). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9937); Very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe).

How common is ABCA4 p.Ser2127Phe (c.6380C>T) in the general population?

ABCA4 p.Ser2127Phe (c.6380C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABCA4 p.Ser2127Phe (c.6380C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9937) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABCA4 p.Ser2127Phe

c.6380C>T · rs1303289867 · VCV866942

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9937 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9937	likely pathogenic · top 1% in ABCA4
REVEL	0.936	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -15.98	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 128 kb · p 0.24 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	33.0	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

Grpmax group 0.000339% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,179,990 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.000274% 4/1,461,844 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.Ser2127Phe
Coding: c.6380C>T
MANE Select: NM_000350
dbSNP: rs1303289867
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:94001008 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.786 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.96 · 8 PDB
Residue 2127: 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); the abc transporter 2 domain; 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); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in stgd1; uncertain significance; also found in a patient with chorioretinal atrophy; uncertain significance)

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

Similar variants

ABCA4 p.Ser2127Pro Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ 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-ser2127phe (accessed [today's date]).

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