Is BACE1 p.Arg481His (c.1442G>A) pathogenic?

BACE1 p.Arg481His (c.1442G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in BACE1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-02-08). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0905); Very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr).

How common is BACE1 p.Arg481His (c.1442G>A) in the general population?

BACE1 p.Arg481His (c.1442G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BACE1 p.Arg481His (c.1442G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0905) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BACE1 p.Arg481His

c.1442G>A · VCV3816686

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0905 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0905	likely benign
REVEL	0.147	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.05	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 7.7	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.72	unconstrained · MANE · 26 kb · p 2.5e-11 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.9	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 0.005% Admixed American · 3/60,008 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00207% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00183%

Overall 0.00248% 40/1,614,052 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.005%	20,003
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,244
European (non-Finnish)	0.00288%	34,707
South Asian	0.0011%	91,078

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: BACE1
Protein: p.Arg481His
Coding: c.1442G>A
MANE Select: NM_012104
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:117289630 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.556 · pLI 0.76 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 87.75 · 431 PDB
Residue 481: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in); the 'interaction with rtn3' region

Full BACE1 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/bace1-p-arg481his (accessed [today's date]).

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