Is CDH23 p.Ala2524= (c.7572G>A) pathogenic?

CDH23 p.Ala2524= (c.7572G>A) is classified Benign in CDH23 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 9 submitters; last evaluated 2026-06-19). Common (popmax 57%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with Usher syndrome type 1D.

What condition is associated with CDH23 p.Ala2524= (c.7572G>A)?

CDH23 p.Ala2524= (c.7572G>A) is associated with Usher syndrome type 1D, Usher syndrome type 1, autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 12 (ClinVar).

CDH23 p.Ala2524=

Q: How common is CDH23 p.Ala2524= (c.7572G>A) in the general population?

CDH23 p.Ala2524= (c.7572G>A) is common (popmax 57%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.7572G>A · rs10823849 · VCV46034

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 9 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 57%, eas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

Usher syndrome type 1D

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 -8	GERP -4
Overall
CADD	0.055	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 57% East Asian · 25,555/44,860 alleles

Filtering AF 56.4% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 56.1%

Overall 28.8% 465,518/1,613,728 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	57%	2
Admixed American	39.6%	3
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	38.2%	3
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	34.5%	3
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	28.7%	3
European (non-Finnish)	27.8%	4
South Asian	24.8%	4
African / African-American	22.7%	4
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	22.3%	4
Middle Eastern	16.9%	6

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: CDH23
Protein: p.Ala2524=
Coding: c.7572G>A
MANE Select: NM_022124
dbSNP: rs10823849
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:71802987 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.685 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Residue 2524: the cadherin 24 domain

Full CDH23 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Usher syndrome type 1D — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: Usher syndrome type 1 autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 12

Similar variants

CDH23 p.Ala2524Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CDH23 p.Arg2029Trp Pathogenic ★★★ ⚠ same condition
CDH23 p.Asp127Gly Likely pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CDH23 p.Glu956Lys Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CDH23 p.Pro240Leu Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CDH23 c.1515-12G>A Uncertain significance ★★★ same condition
CDH23 p.Ala3190Val Uncertain significance ★★★ ⚠ same condition
CDH23 p.Arg301Gln Uncertain significance ★★★ 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/cdh23-p-ala2524 (accessed [today's date]).

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