Is ABHD12 p.Arg71His (c.212G>A) pathogenic?

ABHD12 p.Arg71His (c.212G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ABHD12 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-08-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1414); Very rare (popmax 0.00703%, nfe).

How common is ABHD12 p.Arg71His (c.212G>A) in the general population?

ABHD12 p.Arg71His (c.212G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00703%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ABHD12 p.Arg71His (c.212G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1414) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ABHD12 p.Arg71His

c.212G>A · rs768049980 · VCV389008

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1414 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00703%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1414	likely benign
REVEL	0.129	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.61	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4	GERP 1.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.00	unconstrained · MANE · 90 kb · p 0.94 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.1	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00703% European (non-Finnish) · 83/1,180,020 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00579% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00533%

Overall 0.00539% 87/1,613,968 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00703%	14,217
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,484
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	64,014
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,896
South Asian	0.0011%	91,072

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: ABHD12
Protein: p.Arg71His
Coding: c.212G>A
MANE Select: NM_001042472
dbSNP: rs768049980
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:25339331 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.967 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 85.60
Residue 71: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pharc)

Full ABHD12 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

ABHD12 p.Arg71Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
ABHD12 p.Arg71Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
ABHD12 p.Arg71fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
ABHD12 c.1029+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
ABHD12 p.Arg262Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
ABHD12 p.Arg292Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
ABHD12 p.Arg352Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
ABHD12 p.Arg355Ter 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/abhd12-p-arg71his (accessed [today's date]).

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