Is ATF4 p.Ser248Phe (c.743C>T) pathogenic?

ATF4 p.Ser248Phe (c.743C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in ATF4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-04-07). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1118); Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas).

How common is ATF4 p.Ser248Phe (c.743C>T) in the general population?

ATF4 p.Ser248Phe (c.743C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ATF4 p.Ser248Phe (c.743C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1118) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ATF4 p.Ser248Phe

c.743C>T · rs1458587915 · VCV2534995

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1118 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1118	likely benign
REVEL	0.053	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.88	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Pangolin	Δ0.23	gain · loss 0.00 · not in the SpliceAI release · independent
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.7	GERP 1.7, phastCons 0.57
Regional constraint	o/e 1.29	unconstrained · MANE · 1,153 bp · p 2.5e-09 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.4	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 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,866 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000367% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000137%

Overall 0.000274% 4/1,457,230 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00223%	44,866
South Asian	0.00221%	45,286
Admixed American	0.0017%	58,920

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: ATF4
Protein: p.Ser248Phe
Coding: c.743C>T
MANE Select: NM_182810
dbSNP: rs1458587915
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:39522289 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.718 · pLI 0.38 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 62.95 · 2 PDB
Residue 248: a modified residue (phosphoserine); the 'disordered' region

Full ATF4 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/atf4-p-ser248phe (accessed [today's date]).

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