Is COG5 p.Gln321= (c.963A>G) pathogenic?

COG5 p.Gln321= (c.963A>G) is classified Likely benign in COG5 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-10-02). Very rare (popmax 0.00335%, amr); Associated with COG5-congenital disorder of glycosylation.

What condition is associated with COG5 p.Gln321= (c.963A>G)?

COG5 p.Gln321= (c.963A>G) is associated with COG5-congenital disorder of glycosylation (ClinVar).

How common is COG5 p.Gln321= (c.963A>G) in the general population?

COG5 p.Gln321= (c.963A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00335%, amr) (gnomAD).

How is COG5-CDG inherited?

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

COG5 p.Gln321=

c.963A>G · rs375846157 · VCV478580

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00335%, 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 0.61	GERP -2.3, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	6.551	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00335% Admixed American · 2/59,670 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000556% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000314%

Overall 0.000871% 14/1,606,554 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00335%	29,835
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00322%	31,102
European (non-Finnish)	0.000851%	117,444

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.Gln321=
Coding: c.963A>G
MANE Select: NM_006348
dbSNP: rs375846157
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:107362096 (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-gln321 (accessed [today's date]).

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