Is AMPD2 p.Tyr279= (c.837C>T) pathogenic?

AMPD2 p.Tyr279= (c.837C>T) is classified Likely benign in AMPD2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-17). Very rare (popmax 0.00222%, sas); Associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9.

What condition is associated with AMPD2 p.Tyr279= (c.837C>T)?

AMPD2 p.Tyr279= (c.837C>T) is associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9, hereditary spastic paraplegia 63 (ClinVar).

How common is AMPD2 p.Tyr279= (c.837C>T) in the general population?

AMPD2 p.Tyr279= (c.837C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00222%, sas) (gnomAD).

AMPD2 p.Tyr279=

c.837C>T · rs1369584235 · VCV1563622

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00222%, sas)

Conditions

pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 9

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.677	pathogenic-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.86	GERP -3.5, phastCons 0.002
Overall
CADD	6.15	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00222% South Asian · 2/90,184 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000368% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000159%

Overall 0.000561% 9/1,605,254 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00222%	45,092
European (non-Finnish)	0.000596%	167,754

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.Tyr279=
Coding: c.837C>T
MANE Select: NM_001368809
dbSNP: rs1369584235
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:109627293 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.705 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.28 · 5 PDB
Residue 279: a β-strand

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-tyr279 (accessed [today's date]).

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