Is ADAR p.Ala297= (c.891C>T) pathogenic?

ADAR p.Ala297= (c.891C>T) is classified Likely benign in ADAR (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-02). Very rare (popmax 0.00445%, eas); Associated with dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria.

What condition is associated with ADAR p.Ala297= (c.891C>T)?

ADAR p.Ala297= (c.891C>T) is associated with dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria, Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6 (ClinVar).

How common is ADAR p.Ala297= (c.891C>T) in the general population?

ADAR p.Ala297= (c.891C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00445%, eas) (gnomAD).

How is Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

ADAR p.Ala297=

c.891C>T · rs781339039 · VCV1992172

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00445%, eas)

Conditions

dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria

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 -0.56	GERP -3.4
Overall
CADD	8.841	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00445% East Asian · 2/44,898 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000738% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000312%

Overall 0.000929% 15/1,614,056 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00445%	22,449
South Asian	0.0022%	45,541
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,906
European (non-Finnish)	0.000847%	118,005

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: ADAR
Protein: p.Ala297=
Coding: c.891C>T
MANE Select: NM_001111
dbSNP: rs781339039
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:154601751 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.449 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 68.86 · 24 PDB
Residue 297: the z-binding 2 domain; an α-helix

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

Disease context

dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 6

For Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Childhood

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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/adar-p-ala297 (accessed [today's date]).

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