Is CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T) pathogenic?

CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in CPLANE1 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-01). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2979); Rare (popmax 0.971%, eas); Associated with Joubert syndrome 17.

What condition is associated with CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T)?

CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T) is associated with Joubert syndrome 17 (ClinVar).

How common is CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T) in the general population?

CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T) is rare (popmax 0.971%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val (c.1736C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2979) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CPLANE1 p.Ala579Val

c.1736C>T · rs191239995 · VCV261666

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2979 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.971%, eas)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

Joubert syndrome 17

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2979	likely benign
REVEL	0.731	pathogenic-leaning
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 139 kb · p 2.3e-06 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.1	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.971% East Asian · 397/40,870 alleles

Filtering AF 0.893% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.862%

Overall 0.0393% 610/1,551,136 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.971%	103
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.101%	986
South Asian	0.0465%	2,153
Middle Eastern	0.0167%	5,986
African / African-American	0.0109%	9,141
European (non-Finnish)	0.00872%	11,468
Admixed American	0.00785%	12,740

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: CPLANE1
Protein: p.Ala579Val
Coding: c.1736C>T
MANE Select: NM_001384732
dbSNP: rs191239995
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:37226859 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.728 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)

Full CPLANE1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Joubert syndrome 17 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

CPLANE1 p.Ala579= Benign/Likely benign ★★ same residue
CPLANE1 c.1372-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CPLANE1 c.2291+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CPLANE1 c.2291+2T>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CPLANE1 c.2292-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CPLANE1 c.2500+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CPLANE1 c.3290-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CPLANE1 c.3673-1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ 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/cplane1-p-ala579val (accessed [today's date]).

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