Is GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C) pathogenic?

GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in GALNS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-09-10). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9559); Very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr); Associated with mucopolysaccharidosis type 4A.

What condition is associated with GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C)?

GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C) is associated with mucopolysaccharidosis type 4A (ClinVar).

How common is GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C) in the general population?

GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Mucopolysaccharidosis type 4 inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about GALNS p.Phe285Ser (c.854T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9559) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

GALNS p.Phe285Ser

c.854T>C · VCV4278167

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9559 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

mucopolysaccharidosis type 4A

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9559	likely pathogenic · top 7% in GALNS
REVEL	0.972	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -14.07	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 1.3, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.11	unconstrained · MANE · 42 kb · p 0.0044 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.1	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00134% African / African-American · 1/74,826 alleles

Overall 6.21e-05% 1/1,609,036 alleles · very rare exomes 0/1,456,926 · genomes 1/152,110 · 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: GALNS
Protein: p.Phe285Ser
Coding: c.854T>C
MANE Select: NM_000512
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:88835257 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.251 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 96.04 · 2 PDB
Residue 285: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mps4a; mild form); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mps4a); a β-strand; the 'catalytic domain' region

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

Disease context

mucopolysaccharidosis type 4A — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Mucopolysaccharidosis type 4 (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, Infancy
Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Sweden)

Similar variants

GALNS p.Phe285del Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same residue
GALNS c.1139+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
GALNS c.121-1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
GALNS c.121-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GALNS c.1242+1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GALNS c.1243-2A>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GALNS c.1364+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
GALNS c.1365-1G>C 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/galns-p-phe285ser (accessed [today's date]).

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