Is IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T) pathogenic?

IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in IFT172 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2021-08-20). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1623); Very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas); Associated with retinitis pigmentosa 71.

What condition is associated with IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T)?

IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T) is associated with retinitis pigmentosa 71, short-rib thoracic dysplasia 10 with or without polydactyly (ClinVar).

How common is IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T) in the general population?

IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Retinitis pigmentosa inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about IFT172 p.Ala780Val (c.2339C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1623) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

IFT172 p.Ala780Val

c.2339C>T · rs2148506384 · VCV1307102

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1623 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

retinitis pigmentosa 71

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1623	likely benign
REVEL	0.287	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.64	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 32 kb · p 0.013 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.3	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — 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 0.0011% South Asian · 1/91,088 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000205% 3/1,461,890 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0011%	91,088
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	590,005

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: IFT172
Protein: p.Ala780Val
Coding: c.2339C>T
MANE Select: NM_015662
dbSNP: rs2148506384
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:27461372 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.745 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 83.98 · 1 PDB

Full IFT172 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

retinitis pigmentosa 71 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: short-rib thoracic dysplasia 10 with or without polydactyly

For Retinitis pigmentosa (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, Mitochondrial inheritance
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)

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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/ift172-p-ala780val (accessed [today's date]).

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