Is APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T) pathogenic?

APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in APOB (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-08-19). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0795); Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T)?

APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B, familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1 (ClinVar).

How common is APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T) in the general population?

APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about APOB p.Ala3780Ser (c.11338G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0795) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

APOB p.Ala3780Ser

c.11338G>T · rs781430883 · VCV2149541

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0795 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0795	likely benign
REVEL	0.096	moderately benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -2.5	GERP -0.3
Regional constraint	o/e 1.03	unconstrained · MANE · 9,629 bp · p 0.051 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	10.91	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0022% South Asian · 2/91,086 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000365% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000211%

Overall 0.000753% 11/1,461,784 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,543
African / African-American	0.00133%	75,006
European (non-Finnish)	0.000678%	147,496

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: APOB
Protein: p.Ala3780Ser
Coding: c.11338G>T
MANE Select: NM_000384
dbSNP: rs781430883
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:21005530 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.537 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)

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

Disease context

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

Also linked: hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1

Similar variants

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APOB c.1830-1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
APOB c.2604+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
APOB c.537+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
APOB p.Arg1333Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
APOB p.Arg2012Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
APOB p.Arg2085Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
APOB p.Arg2513Ter 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/apob-p-ala3780ser (accessed [today's date]).

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