Is CD36 p.Ala208Glu (c.623C>A) pathogenic?

CD36 p.Ala208Glu (c.623C>A) is classified Uncertain significance in CD36 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-06-02). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2029); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is CD36 p.Ala208Glu (c.623C>A) in the general population?

CD36 p.Ala208Glu (c.623C>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CD36 p.Ala208Glu (c.623C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2029) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CD36 p.Ala208Glu

c.623C>A · rs761316200 · VCV2556301

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2029 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Not reported

no allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,550,286)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2029	likely benign
REVEL	0.272	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -4.48	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 -8.8	GERP -3.9
Regional constraint	o/e 1.47	unconstrained · MANE · 27 kb · p 5.1e-29 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.02	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

No allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,550,286). This is missing data, not an absence: the variant may or may not be present in gnomAD. Rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for it.

Variant & gene context

Gene: CD36
Protein: p.Ala208Glu
Coding: c.623C>A
MANE Select: NM_001001548
dbSNP: rs761316200
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:80664419 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.953 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 94.14 · 1 PDB
Residue 208: a β-strand

Full CD36 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/cd36-p-ala208glu (accessed [today's date]).

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