Is AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T) pathogenic?

AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in AMT (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2019-01-01). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.5846); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid); Associated with glycine encephalopathy.

What condition is associated with AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T)?

AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T) is associated with glycine encephalopathy (ClinVar).

How common is AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T) in the general population?

AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid) (gnomAD).

How is Glycine encephalopathy inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about AMT p.Ala53Val (c.158C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.5846) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

AMT p.Ala53Val

c.158C>T · rs746916262 · VCV838601

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.5846 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

glycine encephalopathy

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.5846	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.694	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -12.33	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 4,907 bp · p 0.12 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0164% Middle Eastern · 1/6,084 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000248% 4/1,613,838 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0164%	6,084
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,900
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	590,012

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.Ala53Val
Coding: c.158C>T
MANE Select: NM_000481
dbSNP: rs746916262
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:49422204 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.805 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 93.66 · 2 PDB

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)

Similar variants

AMT p.Ala53= Likely benign ★ same residue
AMT c.339+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AMT c.471+2T>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
AMT c.697-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AMT c.878-1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
AMT c.91-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AMT c.-58C>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AMT p.Arg222Cys Pathogenic ★★ 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/amt-p-ala53val (accessed [today's date]).

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