Is AFF4 p.Gly24= (c.72C>T) pathogenic?

AFF4 p.Gly24= (c.72C>T) is classified Likely benign in AFF4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-11-28). Very rare (popmax 0.00445%, eas); Associated with cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome.

How common is AFF4 p.Gly24= (c.72C>T) in the general population?

AFF4 p.Gly24= (c.72C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00445%, eas) (gnomAD).

AFF4 p.Gly24=

Q: What condition is associated with AFF4 p.Gly24= (c.72C>T)?

AFF4 p.Gly24= (c.72C>T) is associated with cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome (ClinVar).

c.72C>T · rs771260424 · VCV2894901

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00445%, eas)

Conditions

cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome

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 -0.73	GERP -3
Overall
CADD	8.114	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00445% East Asian · 2/44,894 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000875% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000443%

Overall 0.000806% 13/1,613,712 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00445%	22,447
South Asian	0.00329%	30,350
European (non-Finnish)	0.000678%	147,495

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: AFF4
Protein: p.Gly24=
Coding: c.72C>T
MANE Select: NM_014423
dbSNP: rs771260424
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:132937118 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.114 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 54.62 · 9 PDB
Residue 24: the 'disordered' region

Full AFF4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

AFF4 p.Gly24Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
AFF4 p.Arg258Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Met260Val Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Pro253Leu Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Thr254Ser Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 c.1133+3A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala114Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala114Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/aff4-p-gly24 (accessed [today's date]).

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