Is ABCB7 p.Ser172= (c.516G>A) pathogenic?

ABCB7 p.Ser172= (c.516G>A) is classified Likely benign in ABCB7 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-08-03). Very rare (popmax 0.00593%, eas).

How common is ABCB7 p.Ser172= (c.516G>A) in the general population?

ABCB7 p.Ser172= (c.516G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00593%, eas) (gnomAD).

ABCB7 p.Ser172=

c.516G>A · rs765317052 · VCV2009463

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00593%, 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 -0.65	GERP -2.8, phastCons 0.009
Overall
CADD	4.26	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00593% East Asian · 2/33,718 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000982% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000367%

Overall 0.000579% 7/1,208,926 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00593%	16,859
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00454%	22,011
Admixed American	0.00219%	45,740
European (non-Finnish)	0.000335%	298,072

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: ABCB7
Protein: p.Ser172=
Coding: c.516G>A
MANE Select: NM_001271696
dbSNP: rs765317052
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:75076592 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.19 · 4 PDB
Residue 172: the abc transmembrane type-1 domain

Full ABCB7 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/abcb7-p-ser172 (accessed [today's date]).

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