Is ALG12 p.Ala179= (c.537C>T) pathogenic?

ALG12 p.Ala179= (c.537C>T) is classified Likely benign in ALG12 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-08-27). Very rare (popmax 0.00356%, nfe); Associated with ALG12-congenital disorder of glycosylation.

What condition is associated with ALG12 p.Ala179= (c.537C>T)?

ALG12 p.Ala179= (c.537C>T) is associated with ALG12-congenital disorder of glycosylation (ClinVar).

How common is ALG12 p.Ala179= (c.537C>T) in the general population?

ALG12 p.Ala179= (c.537C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00356%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is ALG12-CDG inherited?

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

ALG12 p.Ala179=

c.537C>T · rs1015991179 · VCV729591

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00356%, nfe)

Conditions

ALG12-congenital disorder of glycosylation

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 1.4	GERP -3.2, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	5.638	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00356% European (non-Finnish) · 42/1,179,944 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00267% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00236%

Overall 0.0026% 42/1,613,620 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: ALG12
Protein: p.Ala179=
Coding: c.537C>T
MANE Select: NM_024105
dbSNP: rs1015991179
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:49910021 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.965 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.26

Full ALG12 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

ALG12-congenital disorder of glycosylation — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For ALG12-CDG (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: 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/alg12-p-ala179 (accessed [today's date]).

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