Is ACTN3 p.Cys258Tyr (c.773G>A) pathogenic?

ACTN3 p.Cys258Tyr (c.773G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ACTN3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-06-29). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9699); Rare (popmax 0.281%, eas).

How common is ACTN3 p.Cys258Tyr (c.773G>A) in the general population?

ACTN3 p.Cys258Tyr (c.773G>A) is rare (popmax 0.281%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ACTN3 p.Cys258Tyr (c.773G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9699) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ACTN3 p.Cys258Tyr

c.773G>A · rs139548317 · VCV2592605

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9699 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.281%, eas)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9699	likely pathogenic
SaProt	LLR -9.23	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.04	unconstrained · MANE · 7,830 bp · p 0.26 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.9	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 0.281% East Asian · 126/44,824 alleles

Filtering AF 0.241% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.226%

Overall 0.00954% 154/1,613,910 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.281%	356
South Asian	0.0297%	3,372
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,488

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: ACTN3
Protein: p.Cys258Tyr
Coding: c.773G>A
MANE Select: NM_001104
dbSNP: rs139548317
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:66556199 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.944 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.61 · 3 PDB
Residue 258: the calponin-homology (ch) 2 domain; an α-helix; the 'actin-binding' region

Full ACTN3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/actn3-p-cys258tyr (accessed [today's date]).

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