Is CCDC88B p.Ala960Val (c.2879C>T) pathogenic?

CCDC88B p.Ala960Val (c.2879C>T) is classified Likely benign in CCDC88B (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-20). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0671); Low-frequency (popmax 1.09%, afr).

How common is CCDC88B p.Ala960Val (c.2879C>T) in the general population?

CCDC88B p.Ala960Val (c.2879C>T) is low-frequency (popmax 1.09%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CCDC88B p.Ala960Val (c.2879C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0671) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CCDC88B p.Ala960Val

c.2879C>T · VCV4221731

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0671 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

low-frequency (popmax 1.09%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0671	likely benign
REVEL	0.033	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.39	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -6.1	GERP -7
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 17 kb · p 0.0012 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.036	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 1.09% African / African-American · 766/70,476 alleles

Filtering AF 1.02% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.998%

Overall 0.0699% 1,042/1,491,278 alleles · low-frequency

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	1.09%	92
Admixed American	0.145%	689
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0784%	1,276
Middle Eastern	0.0184%	5,434
European (non-Finnish)	0.0152%	6,569
East Asian	0.00741%	13,504
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00411%	24,316

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: CCDC88B
Protein: p.Ala960Val
Coding: c.2879C>T
MANE Select: NM_032251
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:64351176 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.009 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 70.19

Full CCDC88B gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

CCDC88B p.Ala960Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
CCDC88B p.Arg328Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
CCDC88B p.Leu1234= Benign ★★ same type
CCDC88B p.Ala1025Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CCDC88B p.Ala1025Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CCDC88B p.Ala1059Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CCDC88B p.Ala1112Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CCDC88B p.Ala1132Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type

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/ccdc88b-p-ala960val (accessed [today's date]).

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