Is APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A) pathogenic?

APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in APP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-08-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.114); Very rare (popmax 0.00401%, afr); Associated with Alzheimer disease.

What condition is associated with APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A)?

APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A) is associated with Alzheimer disease (ClinVar).

How common is APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A) in the general population?

APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00401%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about APP p.Arg488His (c.1463G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.114) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

APP p.Arg488His

c.1463G>A · rs200587958 · VCV1412556

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.114 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00401%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Alzheimer disease

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.114	likely benign
REVEL	0.178	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.63	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 6	GERP 0.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.84	unconstrained · MANE · 289 kb · p 2e-07 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.1	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 0.00401% African / African-American · 3/74,880 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00106% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000495%

Overall 0.000744% 12/1,613,952 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00401%	24,960
East Asian	0.00223%	44,898
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,486
South Asian	0.0011%	91,090
European (non-Finnish)	0.000508%	196,667

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: APP
Protein: p.Arg488His
Coding: c.1463G>A
MANE Select: NM_000484
dbSNP: rs200587958
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr21:25955751 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.41 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 68.11 · 263 PDB
Residue 488: the e2 domain; an α-helix

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

Disease context

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

Similar variants

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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/app-p-arg488his (accessed [today's date]).

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