Is COPA p.Thr88= (c.264A>T) pathogenic?

COPA p.Thr88= (c.264A>T) is classified Likely benign in COPA (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-10-03). Very rare (popmax 0.000509%, nfe); Associated with autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome.

What condition is associated with COPA p.Thr88= (c.264A>T)?

COPA p.Thr88= (c.264A>T) is associated with autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is COPA p.Thr88= (c.264A>T) in the general population?

COPA p.Thr88= (c.264A>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000509%, nfe) (gnomAD).

COPA p.Thr88=

Q: How is Autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome inherited?

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

c.264A>T · rs751570700 · VCV1100559

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000509%, nfe)

Conditions

autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -9.4	GERP -4.6
Overall
CADD	2.77	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000509% European (non-Finnish) · 6/1,179,178 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000183% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00012%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,612,248 alleles · very rare exomes 5/1,460,334 · genomes 1/151,914 · joint denominator

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: COPA
Protein: p.Thr88=
Coding: c.264A>T
MANE Select: NM_004371
dbSNP: rs751570700
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:160335287 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.098 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 83.85 · 3 PDB
Residue 88: a β-strand

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

Disease context

autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Childhood, Infancy

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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/copa-p-thr88 (accessed [today's date]).

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