Is ARL2BP p.Phe52= (c.156T>C) pathogenic?

ARL2BP p.Phe52= (c.156T>C) is classified Likely benign in ARL2BP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-03-22). Very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr).

How common is ARL2BP p.Phe52= (c.156T>C) in the general population?

ARL2BP p.Phe52= (c.156T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr) (gnomAD).

ARL2BP p.Phe52=

c.156T>C · VCV4930144

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.88	GERP 0.85, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	17.35	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00134% African / African-American · 1/74,700 alleles

Overall 0.000657% 1/152,294 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: ARL2BP
Protein: p.Phe52=
Coding: c.156T>C
MANE Select: NM_012106
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:57248592 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.03 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.01 · 3 PDB

Full ARL2BP gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

ARL2BP c.207+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
ARL2BP c.293+5G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
ARL2BP c.100+4A>C Uncertain significance ★★ same type
ARL2BP p.Ala16Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
ARL2BP p.Arg84Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
ARL2BP p.Arg84Trp Uncertain significance ★★ same type
ARL2BP p.Asn159Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
ARL2BP p.Asp110Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type

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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/arl2bp-p-phe52 (accessed [today's date]).

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