Is AFG2A p.Arg297= (c.891A>G) pathogenic?

AFG2A p.Arg297= (c.891A>G) is classified Likely benign in AFG2A (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-17). Very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe); Associated with microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome.

How common is AFG2A p.Arg297= (c.891A>G) in the general population?

AFG2A p.Arg297= (c.891A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe) (gnomAD).

AFG2A p.Arg297=

Q: What condition is associated with AFG2A p.Arg297= (c.891A>G)?

AFG2A p.Arg297= (c.891A>G) is associated with microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome (ClinVar).

c.891A>G · VCV4782530

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe)

Conditions

microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone 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 0.85	GERP -2.4, phastCons 0.1
Overall
CADD	7.557	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000339% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,180,036 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.000274% 4/1,461,890 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: AFG2A
Protein: p.Arg297=
Coding: c.891A>G
MANE Select: NM_145207
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:122934482 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.21 · 2 PDB
Residue 297: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in nedhsb)

Full AFG2A gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

microcephaly-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss-epilepsy-abnormal muscle tone syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

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AFG2A c.446+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFG2A p.Ala844Val Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
AFG2A p.Arg445Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFG2A p.Arg510Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFG2A p.Arg514Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
AFG2A p.Arg538Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ 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/afg2a-p-arg297 (accessed [today's date]).

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