Is ANK1 p.Ala502= (c.1506C>T) pathogenic?

ANK1 p.Ala502= (c.1506C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in ANK1 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 6 submitters; last evaluated 2026-06-01). Rare (popmax 0.781%, nfe); Associated with Spherocytosis.

What condition is associated with ANK1 p.Ala502= (c.1506C>T)?

ANK1 p.Ala502= (c.1506C>T) is associated with Spherocytosis, hereditary spherocytosis type 1 (ClinVar).

How common is ANK1 p.Ala502= (c.1506C>T) in the general population?

ANK1 p.Ala502= (c.1506C>T) is rare (popmax 0.781%, nfe) (gnomAD).

ANK1 p.Ala502=

c.1506C>T · rs34387324 · VCV261291

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 6 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.781%, nfe)

Conditions

Spherocytosis

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 -4.5	GERP -4.3
Overall
CADD	1.075	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.781% European (non-Finnish) · 9,214/1,180,048 alleles

Filtering AF 0.767% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.762%

Overall 0.616% 9,948/1,614,234 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.781%	128
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.504%	198
Admixed American	0.308%	325
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.178%	562
African / African-American	0.129%	774
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	0.11%	912
Middle Eastern	0.0331%	3,023
South Asian	0.0209%	4,794
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,608

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: ANK1
Protein: p.Ala502=
Coding: c.1506C>T
MANE Select: NM_000037
dbSNP: rs34387324
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:41715748 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.299 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 69.64 · 21 PDB
Residue 502: the '89 kda domain' region

Full ANK1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

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

Also linked: hereditary spherocytosis type 1

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ANK1 c.2462-2A>G 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/ank1-p-ala502 (accessed [today's date]).

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