Is BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T) pathogenic?

BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in BAP1 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-06-17). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.7865); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T)?

BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T) in the general population?

BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BAP1 p.Arg237Cys (c.709C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.7865) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BAP1 p.Arg237Cys

c.709C>T · rs1705157079 · VCV836491

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.7865 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.7865	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.436	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -11.06	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	all four deltas below 0.2 · G>C here scores Δ0.24 · evaluated, not missing
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 10	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	30.0	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: BAP1
Protein: p.Arg237Cys
Coding: c.709C>T
MANE Select: NM_007212 · reported on NM_004656
dbSNP: rs1705157079
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:52406327 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.27 · 28 PDB

Full BAP1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome

Similar variants

BAP1 p.Arg237Gly Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg237His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 c.1117-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BAP1 c.122+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
BAP1 c.122+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BAP1 c.122+5G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BAP1 c.122+5G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BAP1 c.1251-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition

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/bap1-p-arg237cys (accessed [today's date]).

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