Is CDH26 p.Val356Ala (c.1067T>C) pathogenic?

CDH26 p.Val356Ala (c.1067T>C) is classified Likely benign in CDH26 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-13). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0507); Very rare (popmax 0.00576%, nfe).

How common is CDH26 p.Val356Ala (c.1067T>C) in the general population?

CDH26 p.Val356Ala (c.1067T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00576%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CDH26 p.Val356Ala (c.1067T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0507) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CDH26 p.Val356Ala

c.1067T>C · VCV4223900

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0507 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00576%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0507	likely benign
REVEL	0.043	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.13	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 -1.5	GERP -3.7
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 54 kb · p 0.44 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.336	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 0.00576% European (non-Finnish) · 68/1,180,034 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00462% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00422%

Overall 0.00446% 72/1,614,124 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00576%	17,353
African / African-American	0.004%	25,003
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,022

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: CDH26
Protein: p.Val356Ala
Coding: c.1067T>C
MANE Select: NM_177980
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:59988947 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.032 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 72.84
Residue 356: the cadherin 3 domain

Full CDH26 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/cdh26-p-val356ala (accessed [today's date]).

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