Is ACTB p.Ala108= (c.324C>T) pathogenic?

ACTB p.Ala108= (c.324C>T) is classified Likely benign in ACTB (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-28). Very rare (popmax 0.00833%, amr); Associated with Baraitser-Winter syndrome 1.

What condition is associated with ACTB p.Ala108= (c.324C>T)?

ACTB p.Ala108= (c.324C>T) is associated with Baraitser-Winter syndrome 1 (ClinVar).

How common is ACTB p.Ala108= (c.324C>T) in the general population?

ACTB p.Ala108= (c.324C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00833%, amr) (gnomAD).

ACTB p.Ala108=

c.324C>T · rs746032511 · VCV381775

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00833%, amr)

Conditions

Baraitser-Winter syndrome 1

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 0.18	GERP -4.3, phastCons 0.82
Overall
CADD	10.43	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00833% Admixed American · 5/60,020 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00323% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00206%

Overall 0.00062% 10/1,614,068 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00833%	12,004
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0048%	20,835
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	63,918
African / African-American	0.00133%	75,064

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: ACTB
Protein: p.Ala108=
Coding: c.324C>T
MANE Select: NM_001101
dbSNP: rs746032511
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:5529200 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.193 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.31 · 93 PDB

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

Disease context

Baraitser-Winter syndrome 1 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

ACTB p.Ala108Asp Likely pathogenic ★ same residue
ACTB p.Ala108Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
ACTB p.Ala22Thr Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACTB p.Ala7Thr Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACTB p.Arg147Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACTB p.Arg183Trp Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACTB p.Arg196Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ACTB p.Arg196His Pathogenic ★★ 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/actb-p-ala108 (accessed [today's date]).

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