Is GAA p.Val48= (c.144C>T) pathogenic?

GAA p.Val48= (c.144C>T) is classified Likely benign in GAA (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-03-14). Very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with GAA p.Val48= (c.144C>T)?

GAA p.Val48= (c.144C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, glycogen storage disease II (ClinVar).

How common is GAA p.Val48= (c.144C>T) in the general population?

GAA p.Val48= (c.144C>T) is very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

GAA p.Val48=

c.144C>T · rs1055575232 · VCV1440715

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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
Conservation	phyloP -1.5	GERP -2.8
Overall
CADD	0.167	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 8.48e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,179,590 alleles

Overall 6.2e-05% 1/1,612,020 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,459,722 · genomes 0/152,298 · joint denominator

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: GAA
Protein: p.Val48=
Coding: c.144C>T
MANE Select: NM_000152
dbSNP: rs1055575232
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:80104730 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.008 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 92.32 · 19 PDB
Residue 48: the 'disordered' region

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

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: glycogen storage disease II

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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/gaa-p-val48 (accessed [today's date]).

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