Is CIT p.Ala960= (c.2880T>C) pathogenic?

CIT p.Ala960= (c.2880T>C) is classified Benign in CIT (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 5 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-03). Common (popmax 64.6%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with microcephaly 17, primary, autosomal recessive.

What condition is associated with CIT p.Ala960= (c.2880T>C)?

CIT p.Ala960= (c.2880T>C) is associated with microcephaly 17, primary, autosomal recessive (ClinVar).

CIT p.Ala960=

Q: How common is CIT p.Ala960= (c.2880T>C) in the general population?

CIT p.Ala960= (c.2880T>C) is common (popmax 64.6%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.2880T>C · rs904655 · VCV1209744

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 5 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 64.6%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

microcephaly 17, primary, autosomal recessive

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.146	moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -12	GERP -3.4
Overall
CADD	0.129	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 64.6% African / African-American · 48,300/74,792 alleles

Filtering AF 64.1% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 63.9%

Overall 55.2% 889,347/1,610,650 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	64.6%	2
Admixed American	64.2%	2
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	62.3%	2
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	60.3%	2
Middle Eastern	57.7%	2
South Asian	56.8%	2
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	56.3%	2
East Asian	56.2%	2
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	54.8%	2
European (non-Finnish)	53.5%	2

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: CIT
Protein: p.Ala960=
Coding: c.2880T>C
MANE Select: NM_001206999
dbSNP: rs904655
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:119752074 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.353 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 69.75

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

Disease context

microcephaly 17, primary, autosomal recessive — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

CIT p.Arg220Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CIT p.Ala1144Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CIT p.Ala244Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CIT p.Arg1633Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CIT p.Arg23Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CIT p.Arg696Cys Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CIT p.Asn1301Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CIT p.Asn786Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition

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/cit-p-ala960 (accessed [today's date]).

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