Is COG4 p.Cys167= (c.501C>T) pathogenic?

COG4 p.Cys167= (c.501C>T) is classified Likely benign in COG4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-26). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0493%, mid); Associated with COG4-congenital disorder of glycosylation.

What condition is associated with COG4 p.Cys167= (c.501C>T)?

COG4 p.Cys167= (c.501C>T) is associated with COG4-congenital disorder of glycosylation (ClinVar).

How common is COG4 p.Cys167= (c.501C>T) in the general population?

COG4 p.Cys167= (c.501C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0493%, mid) (gnomAD).

How is COG4-CDG inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

COG4 p.Cys167=

c.501C>T · VCV3719796

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0493%, mid)

Conditions

COG4-congenital disorder of glycosylation

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.5	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	9.894	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0493% Middle Eastern · 3/6,082 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0134% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00716%

Overall 0.00477% 77/1,613,996 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0493%	2,027
South Asian	0.0121%	8,280
European (non-Finnish)	0.00517%	19,345
Admixed American	0.00167%	59,982
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,898

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: COG4
Protein: p.Cys167=
Coding: c.501C>T
MANE Select: NM_015386
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:70514378 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.805 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 85.29 · 1 PDB

Full COG4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

COG4-congenital disorder of glycosylation — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For COG4-CDG (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

Similar variants

COG4 p.Cys167Tyr Uncertain significance ★ same residue
COG4 p.Arg177Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COG4 p.Arg733Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COG4 p.Glu614Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COG4 p.Gly25Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COG4 p.Gly516Arg Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COG4 p.Ala251Thr Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
COG4 p.Ala544Val 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/cog4-p-cys167 (accessed [today's date]).

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