Is ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T) pathogenic?

ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T) is classified Pathogenic in ASS1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 9 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-22). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.76); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, eas); Associated with citrullinemia.

What condition is associated with ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T)?

ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T) is associated with citrullinemia, citrullinemia type I (ClinVar).

How common is ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T) in the general population?

ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ASS1 p.Arg304Trp (c.910C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.76) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ASS1 p.Arg304Trp

c.910C>T · rs121908642 · VCV6330

Pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 9 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.76 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, eas)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

citrullinemia

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.76	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar
REVEL	0.92	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -14.82	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.9	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.83	unconstrained · MANE · 49 kb · p 6.7e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.7	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 0.0134% East Asian · 6/44,894 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00579% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00394%

Overall 0.00167% 27/1,613,940 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.0134%	7,482
Admixed American	0.005%	19,999
South Asian	0.0022%	45,539
European (non-Finnish)	0.00136%	73,752

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: ASS1
Protein: p.Arg304Trp
Coding: c.910C>T
MANE Select: NM_054012
dbSNP: rs121908642
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:130489404 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.14 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.64 · 1 PDB
Residue 304: an α-helix; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in ctln1); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in ctln1; decreased protein abundance)

Full ASS1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

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

Also linked: citrullinemia type I

Similar variants

ASS1 p.Arg304Gln Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same residue
ASS1 c.1194-1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ASS1 c.174+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ASS1 c.174+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ASS1 c.175-1119G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ASS1 c.364-2A>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
ASS1 c.364-2A>G Pathogenic ★★ same condition
ASS1 c.364-2A>T 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/ass1-p-arg304trp (accessed [today's date]).

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