ClinVar

Description

This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 156 of the PAH protein (p.Ala156Gly). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PAH-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1487998). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt PAH protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Ala156 amino acid residue in PAH. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 24327145, 28982351). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic.