Is UACA p.Ala108= (c.324T>C) pathogenic?

UACA p.Ala108= (c.324T>C) is classified Likely benign in UACA (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-09-13). Rare (popmax 0.132%, sas); Associated with UACA-related disorder.

What condition is associated with UACA p.Ala108= (c.324T>C)?

UACA p.Ala108= (c.324T>C) is associated with UACA-related disorder (ClinVar).

How common is UACA p.Ala108= (c.324T>C) in the general population?

UACA p.Ala108= (c.324T>C) is rare (popmax 0.132%, sas) (gnomAD).

UACA p.Ala108=

c.324T>C · rs575121985 · VCV3039917

Likely benign No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.132%, sas)

Conditions

UACA-related disorder

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 2.4	GERP -0.36, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	12.15	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.132% South Asian · 119/90,198 alleles

Filtering AF 0.113% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.105%

Overall 0.0153% 247/1,609,800 alleles · rare exomes 224/1,457,472 · genomes 23/152,328 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.132%	758
Middle Eastern	0.0994%	1,006
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0241%	4,152
European (non-Finnish)	0.00875%	11,433
Admixed American	0.00335%	29,842
East Asian	0.00224%	44,678
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	63,958

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: UACA
Protein: p.Ala108=
Coding: c.324T>C
MANE Select: NM_018003
dbSNP: rs575121985
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:70691341 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.833 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 74.08

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

Disease context

UACA-related disorder

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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/uaca-p-ala108 (accessed [today's date]).

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