Is AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G) pathogenic?

AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in AFG2A (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-03-11). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2843); Very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr); Associated with microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome.

How common is AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G) in the general population?

AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2843) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

AFG2A p.Met75Val

Q: What condition is associated with AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G)?

AFG2A p.Met75Val (c.223A>G) is associated with microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome (ClinVar).

c.223A>G · rs1311055750 · VCV661589

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2843 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr)

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2843	likely benign
REVEL	0.735	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -12.11	damaging
⇒ REVEL and SaProt call this damaging; AlphaMissense does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 1.2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.99	unconstrained · MANE · 105 kb · p 0.81 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.1	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 0.00267% African / African-American · 2/74,882 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000443% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000166%

Overall 0.00031% 5/1,613,198 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00267%	37,441
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,456
European (non-Finnish)	0.00017%	589,835

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: AFG2A
Protein: p.Met75Val
Coding: c.223A>G
MANE Select: NM_145207
dbSNP: rs1311055750
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:122927693 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.21 · 2 PDB
Residue 75: the 'required for interaction with afg2b and cinp' region

Full AFG2A gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/afg2a-p-met75val (accessed [today's date]).

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