Is APOB p.Asp4522= (c.13566C>T) pathogenic?

APOB p.Asp4522= (c.13566C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in APOB (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-05-18). Very rare (popmax 0.00356%, nfe); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with APOB p.Asp4522= (c.13566C>T)?

APOB p.Asp4522= (c.13566C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B, familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1 (ClinVar).

How common is APOB p.Asp4522= (c.13566C>T) in the general population?

APOB p.Asp4522= (c.13566C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00356%, nfe) (gnomAD).

APOB p.Asp4522=

c.13566C>T · rs371437581 · VCV619778

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00356%, nfe)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 2.9	GERP 1.6, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.154	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00356% European (non-Finnish) · 42/1,179,976 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00267% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00236%

Overall 0.0026% 42/1,613,904 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: APOB
Protein: p.Asp4522=
Coding: c.13566C>T
MANE Select: NM_000384
dbSNP: rs371437581
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:21001856 (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

APOB p.Asp4522Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
APOB p.Asp4522His Uncertain significance ★ same residue
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

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-asp4522 (accessed [today's date]).

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