Is CDH15 p.Val94Ala (c.281T>C) pathogenic?

CDH15 p.Val94Ala (c.281T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in CDH15 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-06-29). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.3299); Very rare (popmax 6.86e-05%).

How common is CDH15 p.Val94Ala (c.281T>C) in the general population?

CDH15 p.Val94Ala (c.281T>C) is very rare (popmax 6.86e-05%) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CDH15 p.Val94Ala (c.281T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.3299) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CDH15 p.Val94Ala

c.281T>C · VCV4223689

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.3299 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 6.86e-05%)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3299	likely benign
REVEL	0.15	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.45	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 7.7	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.18	unconstrained · MANE · 23 kb · p 5e-10 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.2	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

Grpmax group 6.86e-05%

Overall 6.86e-05% 1/1,458,704 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: CDH15
Protein: p.Val94Ala
Coding: c.281T>C
MANE Select: NM_004933
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:89180279 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.41 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.70
Residue 94: the cadherin 1 domain

Full CDH15 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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CDH3 p.Arg221Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
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CDH3 p.Gln299Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
CDH3 p.Glu708Ter Likely pathogenic ★★ 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/cdh15-p-val94ala (accessed [today's date]).

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