Is ACE p.Arg840= (c.2518C>A) pathogenic?

ACE p.Arg840= (c.2518C>A) is classified Benign/Likely benign in ACE (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-31). Rare (popmax 0.981%, afr); Associated with renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin.

What condition is associated with ACE p.Arg840= (c.2518C>A)?

ACE p.Arg840= (c.2518C>A) is associated with renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin, microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility to, 3, renal tubular dysgenesis (ClinVar).

How common is ACE p.Arg840= (c.2518C>A) in the general population?

ACE p.Arg840= (c.2518C>A) is rare (popmax 0.981%, afr) (gnomAD).

ACE p.Arg840=

c.2518C>A · rs3730036 · VCV890610

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.981%, afr)

Conditions

renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin

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 0.44	GERP -3.4, phastCons 0.026
Overall
CADD	8.002	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.981% African / African-American · 736/75,052 alleles

Filtering AF 0.922% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.898%

Overall 0.0504% 813/1,614,156 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.981%	102
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0624%	1,603
Admixed American	0.05%	2,001
Middle Eastern	0.0165%	6,062
South Asian	0.0011%	91,084
European (non-Finnish)	0.000508%	196,671

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.Arg840=
Coding: c.2518C>A
MANE Select: NM_000789
dbSNP: rs3730036
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:63489009 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.88 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.38 · 97 PDB
Residue 840: an α-helix; the peptidase m2 2 domain

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

Disease context

renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility to, 3 renal tubular dysgenesis hemorrhage, intracerebral, susceptibility to

Similar variants

ACE p.Arg840Gln Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
ACE p.Arg840Trp Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
ACE c.1342+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACE c.1709+5G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACE c.3503+1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACE c.945+2T>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACE p.Arg265Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACE p.Arg496Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition

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-arg840 (accessed [today's date]).

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