Is AMT p.Ala178= (c.534C>T) pathogenic?

AMT p.Ala178= (c.534C>T) is classified Likely benign in AMT (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-02-03). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with glycine encephalopathy.

What condition is associated with AMT p.Ala178= (c.534C>T)?

AMT p.Ala178= (c.534C>T) is associated with glycine encephalopathy (ClinVar).

How common is AMT p.Ala178= (c.534C>T) in the general population?

AMT p.Ala178= (c.534C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Glycine encephalopathy inherited?

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

AMT p.Ala178=

c.534C>T · rs928504970 · VCV765672

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

glycine encephalopathy

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.012	strongly benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.2	GERP -2.4, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.165	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,018 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,876 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: AMT
Protein: p.Ala178=
Coding: c.534C>T
MANE Select: NM_000481
dbSNP: rs928504970
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:49419726 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.805 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.66 · 2 PDB
Residue 178: a β-strand

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

Disease context

glycine encephalopathy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Glycine encephalopathy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

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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/amt-p-ala178 (accessed [today's date]).

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