Is ACE p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) pathogenic?

ACE p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) is classified Likely benign in ACE (ClinVar, Single submitter, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-11-01). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1435); Rare (popmax 0.462%, afr).

How common is ACE p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) in the general population?

ACE p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) is rare (popmax 0.462%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACE p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1435) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACE p.Ala70Val

c.209C>T · rs372565955 · VCV1050036

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1435 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.462%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1435	likely benign
REVEL	0.13	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.51	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.1	GERP -4.1, phastCons 0.58
Regional constraint	o/e 1.04	unconstrained · MANE · 20 kb · p 0.13 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	20.3	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 0.462% African / African-American · 313/67,698 alleles

Filtering AF 0.42% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.404%

Overall 0.0242% 347/1,435,126 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.462%	216
Admixed American	0.0462%	2,164
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0205%	4,880
South Asian	0.00141%	71,154
European (non-Finnish)	0.000184%	543,978

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: ACE
Protein: p.Ala70Val
Coding: c.209C>T
MANE Select: NM_000789
dbSNP: rs372565955
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:63477303 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.88 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.38 · 97 PDB
Residue 70: an α-helix; the peptidase m2 1 domain

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

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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/ace-p-ala70val (accessed [today's date]).

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