Is BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T) pathogenic?

BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in BARD1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2024-03-06). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9687); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary breast carcinoma.

What condition is associated with BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T)?

BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T) is associated with hereditary breast carcinoma, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T) in the general population?

BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Hereditary breast cancer inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about BARD1 p.Cys86Phe (c.257G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9687) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BARD1 p.Cys86Phe

c.257G>T · rs1574839860 · VCV661214

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9687 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

hereditary breast carcinoma

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9687	likely pathogenic · top 2% in BARD1
REVEL	0.939	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -16.34	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.06	unconstrained · MANE · 81 kb · p 0.077 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.3	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

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: BARD1
Protein: p.Cys86Phe
Coding: c.257G>T
MANE Select: NM_000465
dbSNP: rs1574839860
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:214792404 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.087 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 64.82 · 11 PDB
Residue 86: a turn; the 'interaction with brca1' region

Full BARD1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

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

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

For Hereditary breast cancer (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Multigenic/multifactorial
Onset: Adult, Elderly

Similar variants

BARD1 p.Cys86Ter Pathogenic ★★ same residue
BARD1 p.Cys86Tyr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BARD1 p.Cys86fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
BARD1 c.1314+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BARD1 c.1314+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BARD1 c.1396-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BARD1 c.1396-1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BARD1 c.1396-1G>T 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/bard1-p-cys86phe (accessed [today's date]).

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