Is BAP1 p.Arg60= (c.178C>A) pathogenic?

BAP1 p.Arg60= (c.178C>A) is classified Likely benign in BAP1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-03-12). Very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BAP1 p.Arg60= (c.178C>A)?

BAP1 p.Arg60= (c.178C>A) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BAP1 p.Arg60= (c.178C>A) in the general population?

BAP1 p.Arg60= (c.178C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe) (gnomAD).

BAP1 p.Arg60=

c.178C>A · rs1253151209 · VCV1117422

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe)

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

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 12	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	13.81	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00017% European (non-Finnish) · 2/1,178,730 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000124% 2/1,610,912 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.Arg60=
Coding: c.178C>A
MANE Select: NM_007212 · reported on NM_004656
dbSNP: rs1253151209
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:52408551 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.27 · 28 PDB
Residue 60: the 'interaction with hip2' region; a β-strand

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.Arg60Ter Pathogenic ★★ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg60Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BAP1 p.Arg60fs Likely 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-arg60 (accessed [today's date]).

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