Is ALG6 c.*844T>C pathogenic?

ALG6 c.844T>C is classified Benign in ALG6 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2018-01-12). Common (popmax 7.59%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with ALG6-congenital disorder of glycosylation 1C.

What condition is associated with ALG6 c.*844T>C?

ALG6 c.*844T>C is associated with ALG6-congenital disorder of glycosylation 1C (ClinVar).

How is ALG6-CDG inherited?

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

ALG6 c.*844T>C

Q: How common is ALG6 c.*844T>C in the general population?

ALG6 c.*844T>C is common (popmax 7.59%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

rs2884922 · VCV297861

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 7.59%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

ALG6-congenital disorder of glycosylation 1C

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 -2.4	GERP -2.5
Non-coding constraint	Z 2.37	1 kb window · o/e 0.81 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	6.835	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 7.59% African / African-American · 3,149/41,502 alleles

Filtering AF 7.37% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 7.28%

Overall 2.22% 3,382/152,034 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	7.59%	13
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	3.18%	31
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	1.47%	68
Middle Eastern	1.02%	98
Admixed American	0.885%	113
South Asian	0.0622%	1,608
European (non-Finnish)	0.0456%	2,192
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.0288%	3,470

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: ALG6
Coding: c.*844T>C
MANE Select: NM_013339
dbSNP: rs2884922
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:63437864 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.892 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.08

Full ALG6 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

ALG6-congenital disorder of glycosylation 1C — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For ALG6-CDG (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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ALG6 c.495-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ALG6 c.495-2A>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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/alg6-c-star-844t-c (accessed [today's date]).

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