Is COG5 p.Ala696= (c.2088A>C) pathogenic?

COG5 p.Ala696= (c.2088A>C) is classified Likely benign in COG5 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-06-01). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0367%, amr); Associated with COG5-congenital disorder of glycosylation.

What condition is associated with COG5 p.Ala696= (c.2088A>C)?

COG5 p.Ala696= (c.2088A>C) is associated with COG5-congenital disorder of glycosylation (ClinVar).

How common is COG5 p.Ala696= (c.2088A>C) in the general population?

COG5 p.Ala696= (c.2088A>C) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0367%, amr) (gnomAD).

How is COG5-CDG inherited?

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

COG5 p.Ala696=

c.2088A>C · rs372319280 · VCV681597

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0367%, amr)

Conditions

COG5-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 -1.1	GERP -5.1, phastCons 0.001
Overall
CADD	4.865	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0367% Admixed American · 22/60,022 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0248% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0209%

Overall 0.0161% 259/1,611,228 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.0367%	2,728
European (non-Finnish)	0.0195%	5,119
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00961%	10,402
South Asian	0.0011%	91,008

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: COG5
Protein: p.Ala696=
Coding: c.2088A>C
MANE Select: NM_006348
dbSNP: rs372319280
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:107236453 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.026 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.37

Full COG5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

COG5-congenital disorder of glycosylation — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For COG5-CDG (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood

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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/cog5-p-ala696 (accessed [today's date]).

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