Is BACH2 p.Arg52= (c.154C>A) pathogenic?

BACH2 p.Arg52= (c.154C>A) is classified Likely benign in BACH2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-10-16). Very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe).

How common is BACH2 p.Arg52= (c.154C>A) in the general population?

BACH2 p.Arg52= (c.154C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe) (gnomAD).

BACH2 p.Arg52=

c.154C>A · rs747200186 · VCV2116314

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe)

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 5.9	GERP 1.3, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	12.17	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000424% European (non-Finnish) · 5/1,180,030 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000124% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 9e-05%

Overall 0.00031% 5/1,614,054 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: BACH2
Protein: p.Arg52=
Coding: c.154C>A
MANE Select: NM_021813
dbSNP: rs747200186
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:90008691 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.164 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 54.66 · 2 PDB
Residue 52: the btb domain; an α-helix

Full BACH2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/bach2-p-arg52 (accessed [today's date]).

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