Is PDE5A p.Glu321Lys (c.961G>A) pathogenic?

PDE5A p.Glu321Lys (c.961G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in PDE5A (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-12-27). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.7282); Very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe).

How common is PDE5A p.Glu321Lys (c.961G>A) in the general population?

PDE5A p.Glu321Lys (c.961G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PDE5A p.Glu321Lys (c.961G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.7282) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PDE5A p.Glu321Lys

c.961G>A · rs2545851703 · VCV3210755

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.7282 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.7282	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.561	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -9.42	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.82	unconstrained · MANE · 130 kb · p 1.5e-08 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	29.3	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 0.00017% European (non-Finnish) · 2/1,178,912 alleles

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

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,460,276 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: PDE5A
Protein: p.Glu321Lys
Coding: c.961G>A
MANE Select: NM_001083
dbSNP: rs2545851703
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:119565353 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.704 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.32 · 50 PDB
Residue 321: an α-helix

Full PDE5A gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/pde5a-p-glu321lys (accessed [today's date]).

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