ACAN p.Ala516=
c.1548C>T · VCV3701973
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 6.95e-05%)
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 1.1 | GERP 0.82, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 11.14 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
6.95e-05%
Overall
6.95e-05%
1/1,439,468 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
- ACAN
- Protein
- p.Ala516=
- Coding
- c.1548C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_001369268
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr15:88847361 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.377 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 53.32 · 4 PDB
- Residue 516
- a disulfide bond; the link 3 domain; the 'g2-b' region
Similar variants
- ACAN p.Ala516Thr Likely benign ★★ same residue
- ACAN c.1733-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- ACAN c.630-13G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
- ACAN c.7302+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- ACAN p.Arg236Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- ACAN p.Arg386Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- ACAN p.Arg394Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- ACAN p.Arg675Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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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/acan-p-ala516 (accessed [today's date]).
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