Is SAMD9 p.Ala44= (c.132A>G) pathogenic?

SAMD9 p.Ala44= (c.132A>G) is classified Likely benign in SAMD9 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-10-29). Very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with SAMD9 p.Ala44= (c.132A>G)?

SAMD9 p.Ala44= (c.132A>G) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is SAMD9 p.Ala44= (c.132A>G) in the general population?

SAMD9 p.Ala44= (c.132A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr) (gnomAD).

SAMD9 p.Ala44=

c.132A>G · rs1396018350 · VCV2784479

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr)

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

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 -0.8	GERP -3
Overall
CADD	4.738	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00134% African / African-American · 1/74,572 alleles

Overall 6.23e-05% 1/1,606,230 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,453,904 · genomes 0/152,326 · joint denominator

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: SAMD9
Protein: p.Ala44=
Coding: c.132A>G
MANE Select: NM_017654
dbSNP: rs1396018350
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:93105966 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.773 · pLI 0.03 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 83.79 · 10 PDB
Residue 44: the sam domain

Full SAMD9 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/samd9-p-ala44 (accessed [today's date]).

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