Is PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T) pathogenic?

PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in PIGS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-26). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1437); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.012%, nfe); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T)?

PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T) in the general population?

PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.012%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PIGS p.Ala429Val (c.1286C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1437) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PIGS p.Ala429Val

c.1286C>T · VCV4136622

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1437 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.012%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1437	likely benign
REVEL	0.138	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.47	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 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 17 kb · p 0.0022 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.5	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 0.012% European (non-Finnish) · 141/1,179,134 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0103% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00973%

Overall 0.00899% 145/1,612,370 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.012%	8,363
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,205
African / African-American	0.00267%	37,462

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: PIGS
Protein: p.Ala429Val
Coding: c.1286C>T
MANE Select: NM_033198
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:28554957 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.76 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 85.48 · 4 PDB
Residue 429: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in gpibd18; almost complete loss of function; when tested in pigs-knockout cells, mediates only very partial restoration of gpi-anchored protein expression at the cell surface; strong decrease in protein level, possibly due to nonsense-mediated mrna decay); an α-helix

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

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/pigs-p-ala429val (accessed [today's date]).

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