Is ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T) pathogenic?

ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in ACE (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-02-06). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2116); Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin.

What condition is associated with ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T)?

ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T) is associated with renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin, microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility to, 3, hemorrhage, intracerebral, susceptibility to (ClinVar).

How common is ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T) in the general population?

ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACE p.Asp239Tyr (c.715G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2116) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACE p.Asp239Tyr

c.715G>T · VCV3582441

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2116 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2116	likely benign
REVEL	0.284	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -13.34	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and REVEL do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	Δ0.29	acceptor gain · deltas
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.7	GERP -0.35, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.04	unconstrained · MANE · 20 kb · p 0.13 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.8	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 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,038 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.00031% 5/1,614,094 alleles · very rare exomes 5/1,461,808 · genomes 0/152,286 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	75,038
European (non-Finnish)	0.000339%	295,008

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.Asp239Tyr
Coding: c.715G>T
MANE Select: NM_000789
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:63480396 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.88 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.38 · 97 PDB
Residue 239: an α-helix; the peptidase m2 1 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 hemorrhage, intracerebral, susceptibility to

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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-asp239tyr (accessed [today's date]).

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