Is APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A) pathogenic?

APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A) is classified Uncertain significance in APOB (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-02-14). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9213); Very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A)?

APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B, familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1 (ClinVar).

How common is APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A) in the general population?

APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about APOB p.Ser2885Arg (c.8655C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9213) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

APOB p.Ser2885Arg

c.8655C>A · rs1663204131 · VCV919011

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9213 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00267%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9213	likely pathogenic · top 1% in APOB
REVEL	0.225	benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; REVEL does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.6	GERP 0.63, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.03	unconstrained · MANE · 9,629 bp · p 0.051 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.0	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 0.00267% African / African-American · 2/75,004 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000443% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000166%

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,461,796 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.Ser2885Arg
Coding: c.8655C>A
MANE Select: NM_000384
dbSNP: rs1663204131
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:21008213 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.537 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)

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

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, type B 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-ser2885arg (accessed [today's date]).

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