Is MCEE p.Ala8= (c.24A>C) pathogenic?

MCEE p.Ala8= (c.24A>C) is classified Likely benign in MCEE (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-25). Very rare (popmax 0.00168%, amr); Associated with methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency.

What condition is associated with MCEE p.Ala8= (c.24A>C)?

MCEE p.Ala8= (c.24A>C) is associated with methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is MCEE p.Ala8= (c.24A>C) in the general population?

MCEE p.Ala8= (c.24A>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00168%, amr) (gnomAD).

MCEE p.Ala8=

Q: How is Methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency inherited?

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

c.24A>C · rs1673340709 · VCV2872212

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00168%, amr)

Conditions

methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency

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 -6.7	GERP -1.6
Overall
CADD	7.345	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00168% Admixed American · 1/59,600 alleles

Filtering AF 6.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%

Overall 0.000249% 4/1,608,582 alleles · very rare exomes 4/1,456,268 · genomes 0/152,314 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00168%	59,600
European (non-Finnish)	0.000255%	392,813

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: MCEE
Protein: p.Ala8=
Coding: c.24A>C
MANE Select: NM_032601
dbSNP: rs1673340709
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:71130196 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.867 · pLI 0.41 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 87.27 · 2 PDB

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

Disease context

methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Methylmalonic acidemia due to methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, 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/mcee-p-ala8 (accessed [today's date]).

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