Is OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A) pathogenic?

OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A) is classified Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic in OTC (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-04-17). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9977); No allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,208,420); Associated with ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency.

What condition is associated with OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A)?

OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A) is associated with ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency (ClinVar).

How common is OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A) in the general population?

OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A) is no allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,208,420) (gnomAD).

How is Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about OTC p.Ser207Arg (c.621C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9977) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

OTC p.Ser207Arg

c.621C>A · rs72558415 · VCV97273

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9977 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Not reported

no allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,208,420)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9977	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 1% in OTC
REVEL	0.876	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -17.53	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.3	GERP -4.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.75	unconstrained · MANE · 68 kb · p 3.9e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	18.75	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

No allele count reported in gnomAD v4.1 (AN 1,208,420). This is missing data, not an absence: the variant may or may not be present in gnomAD. Rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for it.

Variant & gene context

Gene: OTC
Protein: p.Ser207Arg
Coding: c.621C>A
MANE Select: NM_000531
dbSNP: rs72558415
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:38403698 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.94 · 4 PDB
Residue 207: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in otcd; neonatal); a turn

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

Disease context

ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: X-linked recessive
Onset: All ages
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

OTC p.Ser207= Benign/Likely benign ★★ same residue
OTC p.Ser207Asn Pathogenic same residue
OTC c.298+2T>G Pathogenic ★★ same condition
OTC c.299-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
OTC c.386+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
OTC c.540+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
OTC c.540+1G>T Pathogenic ★★ same condition
OTC c.540+265G>A 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/otc-p-ser207arg (accessed [today's date]).

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