Is BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G) pathogenic?

BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in BAP1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2024-10-16). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9335); Very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G)?

BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G) in the general population?

BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BAP1 p.Arg548Gly (c.1642C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9335) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BAP1 p.Arg548Gly

c.1642C>G · rs748853790 · VCV1332616

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9335 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000339%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9335	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.434	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -7.77	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	27.7	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 0.000339% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,179,988 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.000274% 4/1,461,704 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: BAP1
Protein: p.Arg548Gly
Coding: c.1642C>G
MANE Select: NM_007212 · reported on NM_004656
dbSNP: rs748853790
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:52403503 (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.Arg548Cys Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg548His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg548Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg548Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg548= Likely benign ★ 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

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-arg548gly (accessed [today's date]).

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