SON p.Ala737=
c.2211G>A · rs1224196054 · VCV2155784
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00892%, eas)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP -2.7 | GERP -9.1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 6.291 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00892%
East Asian · 4/44,866 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00298%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0018%
Overall
0.00161%
26/1,613,588 alleles · very rare
exomes 23/1,461,846 · genomes 3/151,742 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| East Asiangrpmax | 0.00892% | 11,216 |
| Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00676% | 14,800 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0032% | 31,237 |
| Admixed American | 0.00167% | 59,968 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00136% | 73,742 |
| South Asian | 0.0011% | 91,070 |
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
- SON
- Protein
- p.Ala737=
- Coding
- c.2211G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_138927
- dbSNP
- rs1224196054
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr21:33551442 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.051 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 36.48 · 4 PDB
- Residue 737
- the '17 x 10 aa tandem repeats of l-a-[st]-[nsg]-[ts]-mdsqm' region
Similar variants
- SON p.Ala737Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
- SON p.Ala737Val Benign ★ same residue
- SON c.6321+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
- SON p.Arg1081Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- SON p.Arg1112Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- SON p.Arg1825Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- SON p.Arg2008Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- SON p.Gln96Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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/son-p-ala737 (accessed [today's date]).
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