ACAN p.Arg617=
c.1851C>T · rs1384370457 · VCV1634457
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0165%, mid)
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 -20 | GERP -3.8 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.028 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0165%
Middle Eastern · 1/6,078 alleles
Filtering AF
0.000885%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000445%
Overall
0.000809%
13/1,606,002 alleles · ultra-rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Easterngrpmax | 0.0165% | 6,078 |
| Admixed American | 0.00341% | 29,357 |
| South Asian | 0.00333% | 30,029 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00161% | 62,196 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00051% | 196,112 |
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.Arg617=
- Coding
- c.1851C>T
- MANE Select
- NM_001369268
- dbSNP
- rs1384370457
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr15:88849556 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.377 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 53.32 · 4 PDB
- Residue 617
- a disulfide bond; the 'g2-b'' region; the link 4 domain
Similar variants
- ACAN p.Arg617His Benign/Likely benign ★★ same residue
- ACAN p.Arg617Cys Uncertain significance ★ 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
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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-arg617 (accessed [today's date]).
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