Is CEL p.Asp501His (c.1501G>C) pathogenic?

CEL p.Asp501His (c.1501G>C) is classified Benign/Likely benign in CEL (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-04-01). Rare (popmax 0.316%, afr).

How common is CEL p.Asp501His (c.1501G>C) in the general population?

CEL p.Asp501His (c.1501G>C) is rare (popmax 0.316%, afr) (gnomAD).

CEL p.Asp501His

c.1501G>C · rs202171778 · VCV1287937

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.316%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.053	moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -3	GERP -2.7
Regional constraint	o/e 0.75	unconstrained · MANE · 651 bp · p 0.0028 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.004	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.316% African / African-American · 223/70,672 alleles

Filtering AF 0.295% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.292%

Overall 0.355% 5,674/1,598,710 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	3.41%	29
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.505%	198
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.316%	317
European (non-Finnish)	0.304%	329
Admixed American	0.281%	356
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.269%	372
East Asian	0.226%	443
South Asian	0.161%	622
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	0.112%	892
Middle Eastern	0.0994%	1,006

Ashkenazi Jewish shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: CEL
Protein: p.Asp501His
Coding: c.1501G>C
MANE Select: NM_001807
dbSNP: rs202171778
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:133071003 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.972 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.10 · 7 PDB
Residue 501: a β-strand

Full CEL 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/cel-p-asp501his (accessed [today's date]).

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