Is FTCD p.Ala438= (c.1314G>A) pathogenic?

FTCD p.Ala438= (c.1314G>A) is classified Likely benign in FTCD (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-02-17). Very rare (popmax 0.00554%, sas); Associated with formiminoglutamic aciduria.

What condition is associated with FTCD p.Ala438= (c.1314G>A)?

FTCD p.Ala438= (c.1314G>A) is associated with formiminoglutamic aciduria (ClinVar).

How common is FTCD p.Ala438= (c.1314G>A) in the general population?

FTCD p.Ala438= (c.1314G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00554%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Formiminoglutamic aciduria inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

FTCD p.Ala438=

c.1314G>A · rs777750537 · VCV766267

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00554%, sas)

Conditions

formiminoglutamic aciduria

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.287	benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -10	GERP -3
Overall
CADD	0.122	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00554% South Asian · 5/90,276 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00212% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00138%

Overall 0.00125% 20/1,594,804 alleles · very rare exomes 18/1,442,484 · genomes 2/152,320 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00554%	18,055
African / African-American	0.004%	24,988
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00322%	31,062
European (non-Finnish)	0.000849%	117,758

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: FTCD
Protein: p.Ala438=
Coding: c.1314G>A
MANE Select: NM_206965
dbSNP: rs777750537
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr21:46138637 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.61 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.30
Residue 438: a UniProt-annotated variant site (sequence variant); the 'cyclodeaminase/cyclohydrolase' region

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

Disease context

formiminoglutamic aciduria — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Formiminoglutamic aciduria (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood

Similar variants

FTCD p.Ala438Val Benign ★★ same residue
FTCD p.Ala438Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
FTCD p.Arg255Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
FTCD p.Arg71Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
FTCD p.Leu536Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
FTCD p.Ala108Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
FTCD p.Ala159Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
FTCD p.Ala368Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/ftcd-p-ala438 (accessed [today's date]).

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