Is ECE2 p.Ala437Thr (c.1309G>A) pathogenic?

ECE2 p.Ala437Thr (c.1309G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ECE2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-05-27). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0896); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.032%, afr).

How common is ECE2 p.Ala437Thr (c.1309G>A) in the general population?

ECE2 p.Ala437Thr (c.1309G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.032%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ECE2 p.Ala437Thr (c.1309G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0896) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ECE2 p.Ala437Thr

c.1309G>A · rs374894345 · VCV2342197

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0896 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.032%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0896	likely benign
REVEL	0.127	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.03	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP -1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 16 kb · p 0.014 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.8	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.

⚠ Isoform check: AlphaMissense numbered on a different transcript (AM A483T vs ClinVar A437T) — verify the residue.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.032% African / African-American · 24/74,918 alleles

Filtering AF 0.022% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0187%

Overall 0.00737% 119/1,614,032 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.032%	3,122
Admixed American	0.01%	10,000
South Asian	0.00988%	10,121
European (non-Finnish)	0.00669%	14,937
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	64,016

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: ECE2
Protein: p.Ala437Thr
Coding: c.1309G>A
MANE Select: NM_001100121
dbSNP: rs374894345
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:184287882 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.965 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 87.75
Residue 437: a disulfide bond; the peptidase m13 domain

Full ECE2 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/ece2-p-ala437thr (accessed [today's date]).

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