Is ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G) pathogenic?

ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in ACTN2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-11-28). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.8489); Very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe); Associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

What condition is associated with ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G)?

ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G) is associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy 1AA (ClinVar).

How common is ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G) in the general population?

ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G) is very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACTN2 p.Ile79Val (c.235A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.8489) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACTN2 p.Ile79Val

c.235A>G · rs1376117612 · VCV2934743

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.8489 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL indeterminate

Conditions

familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.8489	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.318	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -9.47	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL is indeterminate.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 2.3, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.65	unconstrained · MANE · 50 kb · p 1.6e-10 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.3	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

Grpmax group 8.48e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,178,926 alleles

Overall 6.2e-05% 1/1,612,770 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,460,434 · genomes 0/152,336 · joint denominator

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: ACTN2
Protein: p.Ile79Val
Coding: c.235A>G
MANE Select: NM_001103
dbSNP: rs1376117612
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:236717966 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.432 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.88 · 18 PDB
Residue 79: the calponin-homology (ch) 1 domain; an α-helix; the 'actin-binding' region

Full ACTN2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: dilated cardiomyopathy 1AA

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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/actn2-p-ile79val (accessed [today's date]).

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