Is ADA p.Pro39= (c.117A>G) pathogenic?

ADA p.Pro39= (c.117A>G) is classified Likely benign in ADA (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-10-08). Very rare (popmax 0.00878%, sas); Associated with severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency.

How common is ADA p.Pro39= (c.117A>G) in the general population?

ADA p.Pro39= (c.117A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00878%, sas) (gnomAD).

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Q: What condition is associated with ADA p.Pro39= (c.117A>G)?

ADA p.Pro39= (c.117A>G) is associated with severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency (ClinVar).

Q: How is Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency inherited?

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

c.117A>G · rs747148184 · VCV1578576

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00878%, sas)

Conditions

severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -7.9	GERP -3.4
Overall
CADD	0.166	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00878% South Asian · 8/91,088 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00437% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00312%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,614,058 alleles · very rare exomes 10/1,461,878 · genomes 1/152,180 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00878%	11,386
European (non-Finnish)	0.000254%	393,342

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: ADA
Protein: p.Pro39=
Coding: c.117A>G
MANE Select: NM_000022
dbSNP: rs747148184
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:44629148 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.184 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 96.81 · 2 PDB

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

Disease context

severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

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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/ada-p-pro39 (accessed [today's date]).

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