Is ACE p.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G) pathogenic?

ACE p.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in ACE (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-02). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1178); Very rare (popmax 6.2e-05%); Associated with renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin.

What condition is associated with ACE p.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G)?

ACE p.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G) 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.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G) in the general population?

ACE p.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G) is very rare (popmax 6.2e-05%) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACE p.Pro159Ala (c.475C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1178) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACE p.Pro159Ala

c.475C>G · VCV3582434

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1178 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 6.2e-05%)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

renal tubular dysgenesis of genetic origin

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1178	likely benign
REVEL	0.177	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.20	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 5.9	GERP 1.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.04	unconstrained · MANE · 20 kb · p 0.13 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.9	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 6.2e-05%

Overall 6.2e-05% 1/1,613,652 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,461,538 · genomes 0/152,114 · joint denominator

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.Pro159Ala
Coding: c.475C>G
MANE Select: NM_000789
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:63479064 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.88 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.38 · 97 PDB
Residue 159: a β-strand; 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

Similar variants

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ACE p.Arg265Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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-pro159ala (accessed [today's date]).

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