Is AMPD2 p.Phe165= (c.495T>C) pathogenic?

AMPD2 p.Phe165= (c.495T>C) is classified Likely benign in AMPD2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-31). Very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe); Associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9.

What condition is associated with AMPD2 p.Phe165= (c.495T>C)?

AMPD2 p.Phe165= (c.495T>C) is associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9, hereditary spastic paraplegia 63 (ClinVar).

How common is AMPD2 p.Phe165= (c.495T>C) in the general population?

AMPD2 p.Phe165= (c.495T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe) (gnomAD).

AMPD2 p.Phe165=

c.495T>C · VCV4792218

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe)

Conditions

pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.057	moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.14	GERP -3.2, phastCons 0.75
Overall
CADD	9.181	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000339% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,179,224 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.000274% 4/1,459,568 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: AMPD2
Protein: p.Phe165=
Coding: c.495T>C
MANE Select: NM_001368809
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:109626391 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.705 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.28 · 5 PDB

Full AMPD2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary spastic paraplegia 63

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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/ampd2-p-phe165 (accessed [today's date]).

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