Is ABCA7 p.Glu167= (c.501A>G) pathogenic?

ABCA7 p.Glu167= (c.501A>G) is classified Likely benign in ABCA7 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-11-27). Rare (popmax 0.479%, sas).

How common is ABCA7 p.Glu167= (c.501A>G) in the general population?

ABCA7 p.Glu167= (c.501A>G) is rare (popmax 0.479%, sas) (gnomAD).

ABCA7 p.Glu167=

c.501A>G · rs531280216 · VCV3043028

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.479%, sas)

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 -0.77	GERP -2.5
Overall
CADD	1.741	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.479% South Asian · 436/91,086 alleles

Filtering AF 0.442% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.427%

Overall 0.0313% 505/1,613,398 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.479%	209
Middle Eastern	0.132%	757
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.024%	4,166
European (non-Finnish)	0.00373%	26,816
Admixed American	0.00333%	30,009

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: ABCA7
Protein: p.Glu167=
Coding: c.501A>G
MANE Select: NM_019112
dbSNP: rs531280216
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:1042748 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.368 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.77 · 6 PDB
Residue 167: a disulfide bond

Full ABCA7 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/abca7-p-glu167 (accessed [today's date]).

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