Is CEP85 p.Ala176Val (c.527C>T) pathogenic?

CEP85 p.Ala176Val (c.527C>T) is classified Likely benign in CEP85 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-02-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0624); Very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr).

How common is CEP85 p.Ala176Val (c.527C>T) in the general population?

CEP85 p.Ala176Val (c.527C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CEP85 p.Ala176Val (c.527C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0624) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CEP85 p.Ala176Val

c.527C>T · rs756429210 · VCV2210159

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0624 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0624	likely benign
REVEL	0.02	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.23	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	Δ0.36	donor gain · deltas
Pangolin	Δ0.26	gain · loss 0.00 · agrees with SpliceAI · independent
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.2	GERP -0.63, phastCons 0.9
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 38 kb · p 0.075 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	10.9	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 0.00801% African / African-American · 6/74,862 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00367% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00329%

Overall 0.00409% 66/1,613,916 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00801%	12,477
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0064%	15,622
European (non-Finnish)	0.00466%	21,455
East Asian	0.00223%	44,892

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: CEP85
Protein: p.Ala176Val
Coding: c.527C>T
MANE Select: NM_001319944
dbSNP: rs756429210
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:26255489 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.784 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 68.09 · 2 PDB

Full CEP85 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

CEP85 p.Ala176= Benign ★★ same residue
CEP85 p.Leu405Phe Benign ★★ same type
CEP85 p.Ala374Pro Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CEP85 p.Ala396Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CEP85 p.Ala399Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CEP85 p.Ala656Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CEP85 p.Arg146Lys Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CEP85 p.Arg177Lys Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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/cep85-p-ala176val (accessed [today's date]).

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