Is GAMT p.Pro12= (c.36C>G) pathogenic?

GAMT p.Pro12= (c.36C>G) is classified Likely benign in GAMT (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-04-10). Very rare (popmax 0.00448%, afr); Associated with cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome.

What condition is associated with GAMT p.Pro12= (c.36C>G)?

GAMT p.Pro12= (c.36C>G) is associated with cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is GAMT p.Pro12= (c.36C>G) in the general population?

GAMT p.Pro12= (c.36C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00448%, afr) (gnomAD).

GAMT p.Pro12=

c.36C>G · rs760278546 · VCV732001

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00448%, afr)

Conditions

cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome

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 -3	GERP -3
Overall
CADD	6.919	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00448% African / African-American · 3/67,030 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00119% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000629%

Overall 0.000284% 4/1,410,022 alleles · very rare exomes 2/1,257,950 · genomes 2/152,072 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00448%	22,343
European (non-Finnish)	9.24e-05%	1,081,816

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: GAMT
Protein: p.Pro12=
Coding: c.36C>G
MANE Select: NM_000156
dbSNP: rs760278546
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:1401441 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.536 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 96.73 · 1 PDB

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

Disease context

cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/gamt-p-pro12 (accessed [today's date]).

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