Is AP4M1 p.Ala157= (c.471T>C) pathogenic?

AP4M1 p.Ala157= (c.471T>C) is classified Likely benign in AP4M1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-03-07). Very rare (popmax 0.00153%, nfe); Associated with hereditary spastic paraplegia 50.

What condition is associated with AP4M1 p.Ala157= (c.471T>C)?

AP4M1 p.Ala157= (c.471T>C) is associated with hereditary spastic paraplegia 50 (ClinVar).

How common is AP4M1 p.Ala157= (c.471T>C) in the general population?

AP4M1 p.Ala157= (c.471T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00153%, nfe) (gnomAD).

AP4M1 p.Ala157=

Q: How is Severe intellectual disability and progressive spastic paraplegia inherited?

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

c.471T>C · rs1281758563 · VCV2157868

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00153%, nfe)

Conditions

hereditary spastic paraplegia 50

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 -9.5	GERP -3.7
Overall
CADD	2.029	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00153% European (non-Finnish) · 18/1,180,016 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000953% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000787%

Overall 0.00112% 18/1,613,882 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: AP4M1
Protein: p.Ala157=
Coding: c.471T>C
MANE Select: NM_004722
dbSNP: rs1281758563
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:100103620 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.106 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.16 · 6 PDB

Full AP4M1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary spastic paraplegia 50 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Severe intellectual disability and progressive spastic paraplegia (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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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/ap4m1-p-ala157 (accessed [today's date]).

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