Is BACE2 p.Ala326Thr (c.976G>A) pathogenic?

BACE2 p.Ala326Thr (c.976G>A) is classified Likely benign in BACE2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-08-11). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0572); Very rare (popmax 0.00677%, eas).

How common is BACE2 p.Ala326Thr (c.976G>A) in the general population?

BACE2 p.Ala326Thr (c.976G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00677%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BACE2 p.Ala326Thr (c.976G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0572) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BACE2 p.Ala326Thr

c.976G>A · rs1396519038 · VCV2306315

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0572 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00677%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0572	likely benign
REVEL	0.059	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.37	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 1.2	GERP -3.6
Regional constraint	o/e 0.82	unconstrained · MANE · 38 kb · p 0.00019 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	5.493	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 0.00677% East Asian · 3/44,332 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00179% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00109%

Overall 0.00169% 27/1,601,144 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00677%	14,777
European (non-Finnish)	0.00196%	51,033
Admixed American	0.00171%	58,612

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: BACE2
Protein: p.Ala326Thr
Coding: c.976G>A
MANE Select: NM_012105
dbSNP: rs1396519038
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr21:41246055 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.574 · pLI 0.73 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 83.31 · 19 PDB
Residue 326: a disulfide bond; an α-helix; the peptidase a1 domain

Full BACE2 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/bace2-p-ala326thr (accessed [today's date]).

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