APP p.Lys522=
c.1566A>G · VCV3389941
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00549%, sas)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| REVEL | 0.058 | moderately benign-leaning |
|---|---|---|
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 0.034 | GERP -2.4, phastCons 0.96 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 7.313 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00549%
South Asian · 5/91,090 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0021%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00136%
Overall
0.000434%
7/1,614,044 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| South Asiangrpmax | 0.00549% | 18,218 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000169% | 590,019 |
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
- APP
- Protein
- p.Lys522=
- Coding
- c.1566A>G
- MANE Select
- NM_000484
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr21:25955648 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.41 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 68.11 · 263 PDB
- Residue 522
- the e2 domain; an α-helix; the 'heparin-binding' region
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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/app-p-lys522 (accessed [today's date]).
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