Is BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A) pathogenic?

BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in BAP1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 6 submitters; last evaluated 2025-09-29). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.591); Very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe); Associated with BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome.

What condition is associated with BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A)?

BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A) is associated with BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A) in the general population?

BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about BAP1 p.Arg508His (c.1523G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.591) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BAP1 p.Arg508His

c.1523G>A · rs1553644908 · VCV490797

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 6 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.591 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.591	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.279	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.78	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; REVEL and SaProt do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	25.9	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 0.000424% European (non-Finnish) · 5/1,179,958 alleles

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

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,614,006 alleles · very rare exomes 6/1,461,728 · genomes 0/152,278 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,508
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.000424%	235,992

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: BAP1
Protein: p.Arg508His
Coding: c.1523G>A
MANE Select: NM_004656
dbSNP: rs1553644908
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:52403622 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.324 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 63.87 · 4 PDB
Residue 508: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in tpds1); the 'disordered' region

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

Disease context

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

For BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult

Similar variants

BAP1 p.Arg508= Benign/Likely benign ★★ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg508Cys Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg508fs Pathogenic ★ 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

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-arg508his (accessed [today's date]).

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