Is BAZ2B p.Cys1438= (c.4314T>C) pathogenic?

BAZ2B p.Cys1438= (c.4314T>C) is classified Likely benign in BAZ2B (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-09-05). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid); Associated with BAZ2B-related disorder.

What condition is associated with BAZ2B p.Cys1438= (c.4314T>C)?

BAZ2B p.Cys1438= (c.4314T>C) is associated with BAZ2B-related disorder (ClinVar).

How common is BAZ2B p.Cys1438= (c.4314T>C) in the general population?

BAZ2B p.Cys1438= (c.4314T>C) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid) (gnomAD).

BAZ2B p.Cys1438=

c.4314T>C · rs960071828 · VCV3052616

Likely benign No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid)

Conditions

BAZ2B-related disorder

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 4.7	GERP -0.73, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	7.127	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0164% Middle Eastern · 1/6,082 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00528% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00381%

Overall 0.000868% 14/1,612,502 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0164%	6,082
African / African-American	0.0107%	9,363
South Asian	0.0033%	30,325
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,416
European (non-Finnish)	8.48e-05%	1,179,051

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: BAZ2B
Protein: p.Cys1438=
Coding: c.4314T>C
MANE Select: NM_013450
dbSNP: rs960071828
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:159350257 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.386 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 55.23 · 265 PDB

Full BAZ2B gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

BAZ2B-related disorder

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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/baz2b-p-cys1438 (accessed [today's date]).

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