Is CTSW p.Val174Ala (c.521T>C) pathogenic?

CTSW p.Val174Ala (c.521T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in CTSW (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-10-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1652); Rare (popmax 0.1%, eas).

How common is CTSW p.Val174Ala (c.521T>C) in the general population?

CTSW p.Val174Ala (c.521T>C) is rare (popmax 0.1%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CTSW p.Val174Ala (c.521T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1652) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CTSW p.Val174Ala

c.521T>C · rs752670833 · VCV3078803

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1652 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.1%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1652	likely benign
REVEL	0.565	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.75	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	all four deltas below 0.2 · T>G here scores Δ0.33 · evaluated, not missing
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.7	GERP 1.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.99	unconstrained · MANE · 3,760 bp · p 0.82 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	19.62	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.1% East Asian · 45/44,896 alleles

Filtering AF 0.077% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0688%

Overall 0.00279% 45/1,614,084 alleles · rare

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: CTSW
Protein: p.Val174Ala
Coding: c.521T>C
MANE Select: NM_001335
dbSNP: rs752670833
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:65882509 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.135 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.28
Residue 174: a disulfide bond

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

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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/ctsw-p-val174ala (accessed [today's date]).

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