Is GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A) pathogenic?

GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in GRN (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-07-08). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4311); Very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr); Associated with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11.

What condition is associated with GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A)?

GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A) is associated with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11, GRN-related frontotemporal lobar degeneration with Tdp43 inclusions (ClinVar).

How common is GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A) in the general population?

GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about GRN p.Gly485Asp (c.1454G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4311) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

GRN p.Gly485Asp

c.1454G>A · VCV4794444

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4311 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr)

Conditions

neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4311	ambiguous
REVEL	0.621	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.15	damaging
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 1,160 bp · p 0.13 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	28.7	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 0.00267% African / African-American · 2/74,952 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000443% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000166%

Overall 0.00131% 2/152,248 alleles · very rare

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: GRN
Protein: p.Gly485Asp
Coding: c.1454G>A
MANE Select: NM_002087
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:44352381 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.59 · pLI 0.04 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.74 · 8 PDB

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

Disease context

neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: GRN-related frontotemporal lobar degeneration with Tdp43 inclusions

For CLN11 disease (Orphanet):

Onset: Adolescent, Infancy

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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/grn-p-gly485asp (accessed [today's date]).

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