Is GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A) pathogenic?

GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in GLA (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2026-03-26). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0782); Very rare (popmax 0.00217%, amr); Associated with Fabry disease.

What condition is associated with GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A)?

GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A) is associated with Fabry disease (ClinVar).

How common is GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A) in the general population?

GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00217%, amr) (gnomAD).

How is Fabry disease inherited?

Typically X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about GLA p.Glu87Lys (c.259G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0782) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

GLA p.Glu87Lys

c.259G>A · rs986730205 · VCV923554

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0782 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00217%, amr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Fabry disease

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0782	likely benign
REVEL	0.36	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -11.43	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.068	GERP 0.41, phastCons 0.55
Regional constraint	o/e 0.25	constrained · MANE · 3,899 bp · p 4.8e-07 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	16.25	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 0.00217% Admixed American · 1/46,084 alleles

Filtering AF 3.7e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.4e-05%

Overall 0.000248% 3/1,207,695 alleles · very rare exomes 3/1,093,669 · genomes 0/114,026 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00217%	46,084
European (non-Finnish)	0.000224%	445,704

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: GLA
Protein: p.Glu87Lys
Coding: c.259G>A
MANE Select: NM_000169
dbSNP: rs986730205
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:101403921 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 94.45 · 31 PDB

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

Disease context

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

For Fabry disease (Orphanet):

Inheritance: X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide)

Similar variants

GLA p.Glu87Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
GLA p.Glu87_Asp92del Pathogenic ★ same residue
GLA p.Glu87fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
GLA p.Glu87Ala Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
GLA c.1000-10G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GLA c.1000-1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
GLA c.1000-1G>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
GLA c.1023A>C 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/gla-p-glu87lys (accessed [today's date]).

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