ACOX2 p.Leu97=
c.291A>G · rs778984866 · VCV2973920
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | all four deltas below 0.2 · T>G here scores Δ0.20 · evaluated, not missing |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP -8.5 | GERP -4.4 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.08 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.005%
Admixed American · 3/60,024 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00133%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000668%
Overall
0.000274%
4/1,461,890 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.005% | 20,008 |
| African / African-American | 0.00133% | 75,056 |
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.Leu97=
- Coding
- c.291A>G
- MANE Select
- NM_003500
- dbSNP
- rs778984866
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr3:58534392 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.914 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 94.49
- Residue 97
- a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cbas6; patient liver samples show absence of the protein; complete loss of fatty acid beta-oxidation activity)
Similar variants
- ACOX2 p.Leu97Ter Uncertain significance ★ same residue
- ACOX2 p.Ala106Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ACOX2 p.Ala48Glu Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ACOX2 p.Arg197Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ACOX2 p.Arg197Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ACOX2 p.Arg215Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ACOX2 p.Arg318His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- ACOX2 p.Arg323Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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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-leu97 (accessed [today's date]).
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