Is MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C) pathogenic?

MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C) is classified Uncertain significance in MTTP (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-02-18). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2706); Very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe); Associated with abetalipoproteinemia.

What condition is associated with MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C)?

MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C) is associated with abetalipoproteinemia (ClinVar).

How common is MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C) in the general population?

MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C) is very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Abetalipoproteinemia inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about MTTP p.Leu524Phe (c.1572A>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2706) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

MTTP p.Leu524Phe

c.1572A>C · VCV4058046

Uncertain significance No assertion criteria

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2706 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.48e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

abetalipoproteinemia

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2706	likely benign
REVEL	0.426	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.20	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 5	GERP -0.12, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.89	unconstrained · MANE · 48 kb · p 0.00018 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.8	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 8.48e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,179,814 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,612 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: MTTP
Protein: p.Leu524Phe
Coding: c.1572A>C
MANE Select: NM_001386140
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:99608780 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.672 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.73 · 2 PDB
Residue 524: the vitellogenin domain; an α-helix

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

Disease context

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

For Abetalipoproteinemia (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, Infancy
Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide)

Similar variants

MTTP p.Leu524= Likely benign ★ same residue
MTTP c.1067+1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
MTTP c.1769+2T>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
MTTP c.1867+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
MTTP c.1867+5G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
MTTP c.1868-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
MTTP c.2342+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
MTTP c.502-1G>C 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/mttp-p-leu524phe (accessed [today's date]).

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