Is AHCY p.Phe235= (c.705C>T) pathogenic?

AHCY p.Phe235= (c.705C>T) is classified Likely benign in AHCY (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-04-10). Very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas); Associated with hypermethioninemia with deficiency of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.

What condition is associated with AHCY p.Phe235= (c.705C>T)?

AHCY p.Phe235= (c.705C>T) is associated with hypermethioninemia with deficiency of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (ClinVar).

How common is AHCY p.Phe235= (c.705C>T) in the general population?

AHCY p.Phe235= (c.705C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency inherited?

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

AHCY p.Phe235=

c.705C>T · rs138904914 · VCV2146518

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas)

Conditions

hypermethioninemia with deficiency of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

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 -5.3	GERP -3.8
Overall
CADD	1.921	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00439% South Asian · 4/91,072 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00143% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000891%

Overall 0.00124% 20/1,613,886 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00439%	22,768
Admixed American	0.00333%	29,997
East Asian	0.00223%	44,880
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,884
European (non-Finnish)	0.00102%	98,332

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: AHCY
Protein: p.Phe235=
Coding: c.705C>T
MANE Select: NM_000687
dbSNP: rs138904914
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:34290792 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.727 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 98.21 · 10 PDB
Residue 235: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in hmahchd; loss of adenosylhomocysteinase activity)

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

Disease context

hypermethioninemia with deficiency of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Antenatal, Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal

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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/ahcy-p-phe235 (accessed [today's date]).

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