Is AFF4 p.Pro259= (c.777C>T) pathogenic?

AFF4 p.Pro259= (c.777C>T) is classified Benign in AFF4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-16). Rare (popmax 0.158%, eas); Associated with cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome.

How common is AFF4 p.Pro259= (c.777C>T) in the general population?

AFF4 p.Pro259= (c.777C>T) is rare (popmax 0.158%, eas) (gnomAD).

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Q: What condition is associated with AFF4 p.Pro259= (c.777C>T)?

AFF4 p.Pro259= (c.777C>T) is associated with cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome (ClinVar).

c.777C>T · rs200345107 · VCV2732932

Benign Single submitter

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.158%, eas)

Conditions

cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome

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 5.8	GERP 3.2, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	11.01	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.158% East Asian · 71/44,886 alleles

Filtering AF 0.129% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.118%

Overall 0.00452% 73/1,614,176 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.158%	632
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,256

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: AFF4
Protein: p.Pro259=
Coding: c.777C>T
MANE Select: NM_014423
dbSNP: rs200345107
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:132934288 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.114 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 54.62 · 9 PDB
Residue 259: the 'disordered' region

Full AFF4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

cognitive impairment - coarse facies - heart defects - obesity - pulmonary involvement - short stature - skeletal dysplasia syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

AFF4 p.Arg258Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Met260Val Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Pro253Leu Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Thr254Ser Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 c.1133+3A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala114Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala114Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFF4 p.Ala27Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition

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/aff4-p-pro259 (accessed [today's date]).

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