Is APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G) pathogenic?

APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G) is classified Benign in APOB (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-08-07). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1363); Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas); Associated with hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B.

How common is APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G) in the general population?

APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1363) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

APOB p.Pro292Arg

Q: What condition is associated with APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G)?

APOB p.Pro292Arg (c.875C>G) is associated with hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B, familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1 (ClinVar).

c.875C>G · rs755277795 · VCV2927095

Benign Single submitter

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1363 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1363	likely benign
REVEL	0.069	moderately benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.4	GERP 0.77, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.00	unconstrained · MANE · 32 kb · p 0.91 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	18.77	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 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,834 alleles

Overall 6.88e-05% 1/1,453,084 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: APOB
Protein: p.Pro292Arg
Coding: c.875C>G
MANE Select: NM_000384
dbSNP: rs755277795
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:21034845 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.537 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 292: the vitellogenin domain; the 'heparin-binding' region

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

Disease context

hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1

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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/apob-p-pro292arg (accessed [today's date]).

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