Is ALG9 p.Tyr87= (c.261C>T) pathogenic?

ALG9 p.Tyr87= (c.261C>T) is classified Likely benign in ALG9 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-06-13). Very rare (popmax 0.00111%, sas); Associated with ALG9-congenital disorder of glycosylation.

What condition is associated with ALG9 p.Tyr87= (c.261C>T)?

ALG9 p.Tyr87= (c.261C>T) is associated with ALG9-congenital disorder of glycosylation (ClinVar).

How common is ALG9 p.Tyr87= (c.261C>T) in the general population?

ALG9 p.Tyr87= (c.261C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00111%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is ALG9-CDG inherited?

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

ALG9 p.Tyr87=

c.261C>T · VCV4767445

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00111%, sas)

Conditions

ALG9-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 5	GERP 0.69, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	9.956	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00111% South Asian · 1/89,786 alleles

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,457,740 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00111%	89,786
European (non-Finnish)	8.48e-05%	1,178,862

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: ALG9
Protein: p.Tyr87=
Coding: c.261C>T
MANE Select: NM_024740
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:111870241 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.853 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.35 · 2 PDB

Full ALG9 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

ALG9-congenital disorder of glycosylation — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For ALG9-CDG (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Antenatal, Infancy, Neonatal

Similar variants

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ALG9 p.Arg143Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ALG9 p.Trp248Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ALG9 p.Tyr287Cys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ALG9 c.*1607C>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
ALG9 c.*1624A>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition

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/alg9-p-tyr87 (accessed [today's date]).

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