Is ACTC1 p.Tyr171= (c.513C>T) pathogenic?

ACTC1 p.Tyr171= (c.513C>T) is classified Benign/Likely benign in ACTC1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-03). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0813%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with ACTC1 p.Tyr171= (c.513C>T)?

ACTC1 p.Tyr171= (c.513C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ClinVar).

How common is ACTC1 p.Tyr171= (c.513C>T) in the general population?

ACTC1 p.Tyr171= (c.513C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0813%, afr) (gnomAD).

ACTC1 p.Tyr171=

c.513C>T · rs145023222 · VCV45181

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0813%, afr)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 -4.5	GERP -4.7
Overall
CADD	2.809	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0813% African / African-American · 61/75,024 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0649% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.059%

Overall 0.0052% 84/1,614,146 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0813%	1,230
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0064%	15,626
Admixed American	0.00333%	30,008
European (non-Finnish)	0.00136%	73,752
South Asian	0.0011%	91,084

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: ACTC1
Protein: p.Tyr171=
Coding: c.513C>T
MANE Select: NM_005159
dbSNP: rs145023222
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:34792511 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.511 · pLI 0.97 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.47 · 16 PDB

Full ACTC1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: cardiomyopathy hypertrophic cardiomyopathy hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 11 atrial septal defect 5 dilated cardiomyopathy 1R

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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/actc1-p-tyr171 (accessed [today's date]).

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