Is AMER3 p.Arg196Gln (c.587G>A) pathogenic?

AMER3 p.Arg196Gln (c.587G>A) is classified Likely benign in AMER3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-01-26). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0773); Rare (popmax 0.151%, afr).

How common is AMER3 p.Arg196Gln (c.587G>A) in the general population?

AMER3 p.Arg196Gln (c.587G>A) is rare (popmax 0.151%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about AMER3 p.Arg196Gln (c.587G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0773) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

AMER3 p.Arg196Gln

c.587G>A · rs146781752 · VCV2366919

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0773 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.151%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0773	likely benign
REVEL	0.027	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.47	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 0.12	GERP -3.2
Regional constraint	o/e 1.05	unconstrained · MANE · 2,582 bp · p 0.068 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.726	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.151% African / African-American · 113/74,934 alleles

Filtering AF 0.128% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.12%

Overall 0.025% 403/1,610,990 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.151%	663
Admixed American	0.0767%	1,304
East Asian	0.0447%	2,240
European (non-Finnish)	0.018%	5,565
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0128%	7,808
South Asian	0.00439%	22,759

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: AMER3
Protein: p.Arg196Gln
Coding: c.587G>A
MANE Select: NM_152698
dbSNP: rs146781752
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:130762659 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 45.30
Residue 196: the 'disordered' region

Full AMER3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/amer3-p-arg196gln (accessed [today's date]).

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