Is EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A) pathogenic?

EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A) is classified Likely benign in EVC (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-01). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0677); Rare (popmax 0.749%, afr); Associated with acrofacial dysostosis, Weyers type.

What condition is associated with EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A)?

EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A) is associated with acrofacial dysostosis, Weyers type, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A) in the general population?

EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A) is rare (popmax 0.749%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EVC p.Val178Ile (c.532G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0677) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EVC p.Val178Ile

c.532G>A · rs144897690 · VCV349110

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0677 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.749%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

acrofacial dysostosis, Weyers type

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0677	likely benign
REVEL	0.061	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.69	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.97	GERP -3.2
Regional constraint	o/e 1.12	unconstrained · MANE · 100 kb · p 1.2e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	1.023	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 0.749% African / African-American · 562/75,028 alleles

Filtering AF 0.698% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.677%

Overall 0.0405% 654/1,614,100 alleles · rare exomes 323/1,461,894 · genomes 331/152,206 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.749%	134
Middle Eastern	0.0825%	1,212
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.056%	1,786
Admixed American	0.0533%	1,875
South Asian	0.00659%	15,178
European (non-Finnish)	0.00119%	84,287

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: EVC
Protein: p.Val178Ile
Coding: c.532G>A
MANE Select: NM_153717
dbSNP: rs144897690
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:5731572 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.134 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 74.49
Residue 178: the 'disordered' region

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

Disease context

acrofacial dysostosis, Weyers type — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: Ellis-van Creveld syndrome

Similar variants

EVC p.Val178= Likely benign ★★ same residue
EVC c.1098+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EVC c.175-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EVC c.1777-1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EVC c.1777-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EVC c.1886+1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EVC c.1886+5G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
EVC c.1886+5G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition

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/evc-p-val178ile (accessed [today's date]).

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