Is EMC8 p.Ala32Val (c.95C>T) pathogenic?

EMC8 p.Ala32Val (c.95C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in EMC8 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-07-12). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.8749); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0147%, afr).

How common is EMC8 p.Ala32Val (c.95C>T) in the general population?

EMC8 p.Ala32Val (c.95C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0147%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EMC8 p.Ala32Val (c.95C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.8749) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EMC8 p.Ala32Val

c.95C>T · VCV4248607

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.8749 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0147%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.8749	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.639	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -9.68	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 20 kb · p 0.73 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	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 0.0147% African / African-American · 11/74,928 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00815% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00633%

Overall 0.000806% 13/1,613,222 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0147%	6,812
Admixed American	0.00167%	59,984
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,448

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: EMC8
Protein: p.Ala32Val
Coding: c.95C>T
MANE Select: NM_006067
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:85799201 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.915 · pLI 0.02 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.60 · 9 PDB
Residue 32: the mpn domain; a β-strand

Full EMC8 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/emc8-p-ala32val (accessed [today's date]).

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