Is ACADS p.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G) pathogenic?

ACADS p.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in ACADS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-03). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.6598); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.

What condition is associated with ACADS p.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G)?

ACADS p.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G) is associated with short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is ACADS p.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G) in the general population?

ACADS p.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (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.Gln135Arg (c.404A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.6598) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACADS p.Gln135Arg

c.404A>G · VCV4693795

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.6598 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.6598	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.985	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -13.56	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 11	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 14 kb · p 0.038 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.3	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: ACADS
Protein: p.Gln135Arg
Coding: c.404A>G
MANE Select: NM_000017
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:120737399 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.852 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.58 · 4 PDB
Residue 135: 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-gln135arg (accessed [today's date]).

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