Is ACOX2 p.Arg617Trp (c.1849C>T) pathogenic?

ACOX2 p.Arg617Trp (c.1849C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in ACOX2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-12-26). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.5261); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, afr).

How common is ACOX2 p.Arg617Trp (c.1849C>T) in the general population?

ACOX2 p.Arg617Trp (c.1849C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACOX2 p.Arg617Trp (c.1849C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.5261) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACOX2 p.Arg617Trp

c.1849C>T · VCV3351321

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.5261 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.5261	ambiguous
REVEL	0.583	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -14.11	damaging
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.1	GERP -0.018, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.95	unconstrained · MANE · 30 kb · p 0.14 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.8	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 0.0134% African / African-American · 10/74,906 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00723% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0055%

Overall 0.00198% 32/1,613,560 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0134%	7,491
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00641%	15,612
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,606
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,004
European (non-Finnish)	0.00127%	78,660
South Asian	0.0011%	91,022

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: ACOX2
Protein: p.Arg617Trp
Coding: c.1849C>T
MANE Select: NM_003500
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:58517207 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.914 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 94.49
Residue 617: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cbas6; patient liver samples show absence of the protein; complete loss of fatty acid beta-oxidation activity)

Full ACOX2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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ACOX2 p.Arg197Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
ACOX2 p.Arg197Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
ACOX2 p.Arg215Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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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/acox2-p-arg617trp (accessed [today's date]).

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