Is APOB p.Gly4007= (c.12021C>A) pathogenic?

APOB p.Gly4007= (c.12021C>A) is classified Likely benign in APOB (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-09-03). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0119%, nfe); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with APOB p.Gly4007= (c.12021C>A)?

APOB p.Gly4007= (c.12021C>A) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B, familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1 (ClinVar).

How common is APOB p.Gly4007= (c.12021C>A) in the general population?

APOB p.Gly4007= (c.12021C>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0119%, nfe) (gnomAD).

APOB p.Gly4007=

c.12021C>A · rs145498491 · VCV237737

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0119%, 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 1.5	GERP -0.2, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	2.851	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0119% European (non-Finnish) · 141/1,179,928 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0103% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00972%

Overall 0.00898% 145/1,613,862 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.0119%	8,368
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0048%	20,825
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,904

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.Gly4007=
Coding: c.12021C>A
MANE Select: NM_000384
dbSNP: rs145498491
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:21004335 (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

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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/apob-p-gly4007 (accessed [today's date]).

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