Is CFAP251 p.Ala587Thr (c.1759G>A) pathogenic?

CFAP251 p.Ala587Thr (c.1759G>A) is classified Likely benign in CFAP251 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-10). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0564); Rare (popmax 0.299%, afr).

How common is CFAP251 p.Ala587Thr (c.1759G>A) in the general population?

CFAP251 p.Ala587Thr (c.1759G>A) is rare (popmax 0.299%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CFAP251 p.Ala587Thr (c.1759G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0564) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CFAP251 p.Ala587Thr

c.1759G>A · VCV4226895

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0564 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.299%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0564	likely benign
REVEL	0.033	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 1.3	GERP -3.8, phastCons 0.001
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 82 kb · p 0.0061 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	3.326	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 0.299% African / African-American · 224/75,028 alleles

Filtering AF 0.266% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.254%

Overall 0.0268% 433/1,614,142 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.299%	335
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0176%	5,683
European (non-Finnish)	0.0162%	6,178
Admixed American	0.00666%	15,004
East Asian	0.00446%	22,444
South Asian	0.0011%	91,074

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: CFAP251
Protein: p.Ala587Thr
Coding: c.1759G>A
MANE Select: NM_144668
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:121958300 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.829 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.84 · 1 PDB
Residue 587: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in spgf33)

Full CFAP251 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/cfap251-p-ala587thr (accessed [today's date]).

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