Is ACOX2 p.Arg93= (c.279C>T) pathogenic?

ACOX2 p.Arg93= (c.279C>T) is classified Likely benign in ACOX2 (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-12-17). Very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr); Associated with ACOX2-related disorder.

What condition is associated with ACOX2 p.Arg93= (c.279C>T)?

ACOX2 p.Arg93= (c.279C>T) is associated with ACOX2-related disorder (ClinVar).

How common is ACOX2 p.Arg93= (c.279C>T) in the general population?

ACOX2 p.Arg93= (c.279C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr) (gnomAD).

ACOX2 p.Arg93=

c.279C>T · rs760929659 · VCV3029644

Likely benign No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr)

Conditions

ACOX2-related disorder

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 0.65	GERP -4.4, phastCons 0.12
Overall
CADD	2.065	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00534% African / African-American · 4/74,912 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00175% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00104%

Overall 0.000496% 8/1,614,064 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00534%	18,728
European (non-Finnish)	0.000339%	295,013

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.Arg93=
Coding: c.279C>T
MANE Select: NM_003500
dbSNP: rs760929659
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:58534404 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.914 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 94.49
Residue 93: 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

Disease context

ACOX2-related disorder

Similar variants

ACOX2 p.Arg93Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
ACOX2 p.Arg93His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
ACOX2 p.Arg329Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
ACOX2 p.Gln146Ter Uncertain significance ★ same condition
ACOX2 p.Ala395Val Uncertain significance ⚠ same condition
ACOX2 p.Lys512Asn Uncertain significance ⚠ same condition
ACOX2 p.Thr465Met Uncertain significance ⚠ same condition
ACOX2 p.Val8Glu Uncertain significance ⚠ 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/acox2-p-arg93 (accessed [today's date]).

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