Is AFM p.Arg279Cys (c.835C>T) pathogenic?

AFM p.Arg279Cys (c.835C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in AFM (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-11-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1827); Very rare (popmax 0.00535%, afr).

How common is AFM p.Arg279Cys (c.835C>T) in the general population?

AFM p.Arg279Cys (c.835C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00535%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about AFM p.Arg279Cys (c.835C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1827) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

AFM p.Arg279Cys

c.835C>T · rs368606268 · VCV2380443

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1827 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00535%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1827	likely benign
REVEL	0.345	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.44	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.051	GERP 0.62
Regional constraint	o/e 1.10	unconstrained · MANE · 21 kb · p 0.0081 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	20.9	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 0.00535% African / African-American · 4/74,710 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00208% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00183%

Overall 0.00286% 46/1,606,642 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00535%	18,677
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00482%	20,757
East Asian	0.00449%	22,277
Admixed American	0.00345%	29,022
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.0034%	29,430
European (non-Finnish)	0.00289%	34,644

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: AFM
Protein: p.Arg279Cys
Coding: c.835C>T
MANE Select: NM_001133
dbSNP: rs368606268
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:73488751 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.44 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.47 · 3 PDB
Residue 279: the albumin 2 domain; an α-helix; the 'binding pocket for hydrophobic ligands' region

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

Similar variants

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AFM p.Ala352Glu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
AFM p.Ala352Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
AFM p.Ala397Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
AFM p.Ala397Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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/afm-p-arg279cys (accessed [today's date]).

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