Is ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A) pathogenic?

ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ACADS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-11-29). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2535); Very rare (popmax 0.00549%, sas); Associated with short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.

What condition is associated with ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A)?

ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A) is associated with short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A) in the general population?

ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00549%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about ACADS p.Ala286Thr (c.856G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2535) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACADS p.Ala286Thr

c.856G>A · rs781119134 · VCV951563

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2535 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00549%, sas)

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2535	likely benign
REVEL	0.831	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.73	damaging
⇒ REVEL and SaProt call this damaging; AlphaMissense does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.2	GERP 0.92, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 14 kb · p 0.038 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.0	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 0.00549% South Asian · 5/91,090 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0021% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00136%

Overall 0.000685% 10/1,460,656 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00549%	18,218
European (non-Finnish)	0.000424%	236,005

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: ACADS
Protein: p.Ala286Thr
Coding: c.856G>A
MANE Select: NM_000017
dbSNP: rs781119134
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:120738593 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.852 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.58 · 4 PDB
Residue 286: an α-helix

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

Disease context

short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal

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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/acads-p-ala286thr (accessed [today's date]).

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