Is CFAP45 p.Arg411Gln (c.1232G>A) pathogenic?

CFAP45 p.Arg411Gln (c.1232G>A) is classified Likely benign in CFAP45 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-27). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0536); Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas).

How common is CFAP45 p.Arg411Gln (c.1232G>A) in the general population?

CFAP45 p.Arg411Gln (c.1232G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CFAP45 p.Arg411Gln (c.1232G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0536) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CFAP45 p.Arg411Gln

c.1232G>A · VCV4226993

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0536 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0536	likely benign
REVEL	0.02	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.05	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 1.9	GERP 0.36, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 28 kb · p 0.64 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	14.27	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 0.0022% South Asian · 2/91,086 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0005% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000366%

Overall 0.000867% 14/1,614,064 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,543
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,004
European (non-Finnish)	0.000932%	107,276

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: CFAP45
Protein: p.Arg411Gln
Coding: c.1232G>A
MANE Select: NM_012337
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:159876676 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.713 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.03 · 2 PDB
Residue 411: the trichohyalin-plectin-homology domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in htx11; loss of panaxonemal expression in respiratory cilia and in sperm flagella)

Full CFAP45 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/cfap45-p-arg411gln (accessed [today's date]).

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