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UBA5 p.Ala228=

c.684G>A · rs1313071575 · VCV489201

Likely pathogenic Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely pathogenic
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 5 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe)
Conditions
2
UBA5-related disorder

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI—not looked up on this page · why
PangolinΔ0.79loss · gain 0.00 · independent
Constraint at this position
ConservationphyloP 2.9GERP 0.99, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD21.2PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group 0.000339% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,179,068 alleles
Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%
Overall 0.000248% 4/1,611,508 alleles · very rare

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
UBA5
Protein
p.Ala228=
Coding
c.684G>A
MANE Select
NM_024818
dbSNP
rs1313071575
Type
single nucleotide variant
Location
chr3:132671881 (GRCh38)
Full UBA5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

UBA5-related disorder

Also linked: developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 44

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/uba5-p-ala228 (accessed [today's date]).

Preprint & method: sugi.bio/variant/method Machine-readable: this page as Markdown