Is ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C) pathogenic?

ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C) is classified Likely pathogenic in ACTA1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-03-29). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9994); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with congenital myopathy 2a, typical, autosomal dominant.

What condition is associated with ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C)?

ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C) is associated with congenital myopathy 2a, typical, autosomal dominant (ClinVar).

How common is ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C) in the general population?

ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu (c.769T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9994) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACTA1 p.Phe257Leu

Q: How is Congenital myopathy with excess of thin filaments inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.769T>C · rs2527437109 · VCV3065810

Likely pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9994 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

congenital myopathy 2a, typical, autosomal dominant

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9994	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 5% in ACTA1
REVEL	0.932	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -12.85	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 1.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.33	constrained · MANE · 1,613 bp · p 1.6e-54 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	28.0	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: ACTA1
Protein: p.Phe257Leu
Coding: c.769T>C
MANE Select: NM_001100
dbSNP: rs2527437109
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:229432033 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.931 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.21 · 5 PDB
Residue 257: a turn

Full ACTA1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

congenital myopathy 2a, typical, autosomal dominant — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Congenital myopathy with excess of thin filaments (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant

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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/acta1-p-phe257leu (accessed [today's date]).

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