Is CFAP45 p.Val428Leu (c.1282G>T) pathogenic?

CFAP45 p.Val428Leu (c.1282G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in CFAP45 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-12-16). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4127); Very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas).

How common is CFAP45 p.Val428Leu (c.1282G>T) in the general population?

CFAP45 p.Val428Leu (c.1282G>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CFAP45 p.Val428Leu (c.1282G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4127) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CFAP45 p.Val428Leu

c.1282G>T · rs748696479 · VCV3143498

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4127 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4127	ambiguous
REVEL	0.094	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.71	tolerated
⇒ REVEL and SaProt both call this tolerated; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.8	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 28 kb · p 0.64 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.5	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 0.00446% East Asian · 2/44,874 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000739% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000276%

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,461,888 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: CFAP45
Protein: p.Val428Leu
Coding: c.1282G>T
MANE Select: NM_012337
dbSNP: rs748696479
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:159876626 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.713 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.03 · 2 PDB
Residue 428: 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

Similar variants

CFAP45 p.Val428Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
CFAP45 p.Asp320Tyr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
CFAP45 p.Lys518Glu Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
CFAP45 p.Asp222Gly Benign ★★ ⚠ same type
CFAP45 p.Arg350Ter Likely pathogenic ★ same type
CFAP45 p.Ala15Pro Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CFAP45 p.Ala370Pro Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
CFAP45 p.Ala436Val 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/cfap45-p-val428leu (accessed [today's date]).

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