Is CHIA p.Gln33Arg (c.98A>G) pathogenic?

CHIA p.Gln33Arg (c.98A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in CHIA (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-11-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.3103); Very rare (popmax 0.00102%, nfe).

How common is CHIA p.Gln33Arg (c.98A>G) in the general population?

CHIA p.Gln33Arg (c.98A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00102%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CHIA p.Gln33Arg (c.98A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.3103) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CHIA p.Gln33Arg

c.98A>G · VCV4653383

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.3103 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00102%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3103	likely benign
REVEL	0.373	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -13.84	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.6	GERP 1.9, phastCons 0.12
Regional constraint	o/e 1.10	unconstrained · MANE · 9,995 bp · p 0.014 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.9	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 0.00102% European (non-Finnish) · 12/1,180,022 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000542% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000428%

Overall 0.000743% 12/1,614,024 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: CHIA
Protein: p.Gln33Arg
Coding: c.98A>G
MANE Select: NM_201653
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:111312232 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.063 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 92.65 · 8 PDB
Residue 33: a disulfide bond; the gh18 domain; an α-helix

Full CHIA 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/chia-p-gln33arg (accessed [today's date]).

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