Is AFP p.Gln394Pro (c.1181A>C) pathogenic?

AFP p.Gln394Pro (c.1181A>C) is classified Uncertain significance in AFP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-12-07). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.203); Very rare (popmax 0.000254%, nfe).

How common is AFP p.Gln394Pro (c.1181A>C) in the general population?

AFP p.Gln394Pro (c.1181A>C) is very rare (popmax 0.000254%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about AFP p.Gln394Pro (c.1181A>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.203) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

AFP p.Gln394Pro

c.1181A>C · VCV3504882

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.203 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000254%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.203	likely benign
REVEL	0.536	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -12.21	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.4	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 19 kb · p 0.58 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.7	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 0.000254% European (non-Finnish) · 3/1,179,664 alleles

Filtering AF 6.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%

Overall 0.000205% 3/1,461,296 alleles · very rare

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: AFP
Protein: p.Gln394Pro
Coding: c.1181A>C
MANE Select: NM_001134
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:73449457 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.963 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.83 · 5 PDB
Residue 394: the albumin 2 domain; an α-helix

Full AFP 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/afp-p-gln394pro (accessed [today's date]).

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