Is CDH3 p.Ala321Val (c.962C>T) pathogenic?

CDH3 p.Ala321Val (c.962C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in CDH3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-07-03). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1079); Very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas).

How common is CDH3 p.Ala321Val (c.962C>T) in the general population?

CDH3 p.Ala321Val (c.962C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CDH3 p.Ala321Val (c.962C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1079) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CDH3 p.Ala321Val

c.962C>T · rs1961212971 · VCV1969223

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1079 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1079	likely benign
REVEL	0.2	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -4.92	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 1.1	GERP 1, phastCons 0.95
Overall
CADD	16.0	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 0.0011% South Asian · 1/91,082 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,726 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: CDH3
Protein: p.Ala321Val
Coding: c.962C>T
MANE Select: NM_004933 · reported on NM_001793
dbSNP: rs1961212971
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:68681062 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.70
Residue 321: the cadherin 3 domain

Full CDH3 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/cdh3-p-ala321val (accessed [today's date]).

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