Is CDH1 p.Glu388= (c.1164G>A) pathogenic?

CDH1 p.Glu388= (c.1164G>A) is classified Benign/Likely benign in CDH1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-25). Very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with CDH1 p.Glu388= (c.1164G>A)?

CDH1 p.Glu388= (c.1164G>A) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, hereditary diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma (ClinVar).

How common is CDH1 p.Glu388= (c.1164G>A) in the general population?

CDH1 p.Glu388= (c.1164G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr) (gnomAD).

CDH1 p.Glu388=

c.1164G>A · rs774875972 · VCV414045

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr)

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

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 0.18	GERP -3.4, phastCons 0.64
Overall
CADD	1.642	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.004% African / African-American · 3/74,920 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00106% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000495%

Overall 0.000186% 3/1,614,036 alleles · very rare

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: CDH1
Protein: p.Glu388=
Coding: c.1164G>A
MANE Select: NM_004360
dbSNP: rs774875972
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:68813339 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.514 · pLI 0.86 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.13 · 22 PDB
Residue 388: the cadherin 3 domain

Full CDH1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma

Similar variants

CDH1 p.Glu388Lys Benign ★★★ ⚠ same residue
CDH1 p.Glu388Gly Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CDH1 p.Glu388Ter Pathogenic ★ same residue
CDH1 p.Glu388Gln Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
CDH1 p.Glu388Asp Likely benign ★ ⚠ same residue
CDH1 p.Glu388_Asn390dup Uncertain significance ★★ same residue
CDH1 c.1008+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CDH1 c.1137+1G>A 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/cdh1-p-glu388 (accessed [today's date]).

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