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EPO p.Ala57=

c.171T>C · rs61735970 · VCV781763

Likely benign Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0967%, nfe)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI—not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
ConservationphyloP -7.9GERP -3.5
Overall
CADD0.026PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group 0.0967% European (non-Finnish) · 1,141/1,179,426 alleles
Filtering AF 0.092% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0902%
Overall 0.075% 1,208/1,611,410 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 1,154/1,459,214 · genomes 54/152,196 · joint denominator
Ancestry group Frequency 1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax 0.0967% 1,034
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible 0.0866% 1,155
Admixed American 0.0101% 9,870
African / African-American 0.0067% 14,930
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible 0.00313% 31,997

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
EPO
Protein
p.Ala57=
Coding
c.171T>C
MANE Select
NM_000799
dbSNP
rs61735970
Type
single nucleotide variant
Location
chr7:100721973 (GRCh38)
Structure
AlphaFold pLDDT 90.09 · 13 PDB
Residue 57
the ntr domain; a β-strand; a functional site (involved in metalloproteinase-binding)
Full EPO gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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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/epo-p-ala57 (accessed [today's date]).

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