PPP2CA p.Ala231=
c.693C>A · rs201478092 · VCV1644319
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00666%, amr)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | <0.2 | no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 6.7 | GERP -0.12, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 11.89 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00666%
Admixed American · 4/60,026 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00225%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00135%
Overall
0.00031%
5/1,614,074 alleles · very rare
exomes 3/1,461,826 · genomes 2/152,248 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.00666% | 15,006 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0016% | 62,506 |
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
- PPP2CA
- Protein
- p.Ala231=
- Coding
- c.693C>A
- MANE Select
- NM_002715
- dbSNP
- rs201478092
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr5:134200380 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.315 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 94.86 · 50 PDB
- Residue 231
- a UniProt-annotated variant site (in hjs3; may be expressed at very low levels, if any); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in hjs3; loss of phosphatase activity in an in vitro assay; complete loss of interaction with pp2a subunit a ppp2r1a/ppp2r1b; interacts with alpha4/igbp1; loss of interaction with pp2a subunit b components); an α-helix
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- PPP2CA p.His191Arg Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- PPP2CA p.Tyr127Cys Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- PPP2CA p.Tyr265Cys Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- PPP2CA p.Arg108Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- PPP2CA p.Asp57Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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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/ppp2ca-p-ala231 (accessed [today's date]).
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