Is DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C) pathogenic?

DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in DLL4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-10-03). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.3042); Very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C)?

DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C) in the general population?

DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DLL4 p.Val596Ala (c.1787T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.3042) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DLL4 p.Val596Ala

c.1787T>C · VCV4617419

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.3042 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.004%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3042	likely benign
REVEL	0.512	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -6.25	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6.2	GERP 2.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.71	unconstrained · MANE · 3,465 bp · p 2.5e-11 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.7	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 0.004% African / African-American · 3/74,914 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00106% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000495%

Overall 0.00197% 3/152,178 alleles · very 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: DLL4
Protein: p.Val596Ala
Coding: c.1787T>C
MANE Select: NM_019074
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:40936774 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.197 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 74.89 · 1 PDB

Full DLL4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/dll4-p-val596ala (accessed [today's date]).

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