Is BBC3 p.Ser166Leu (c.497C>T) pathogenic?

BBC3 p.Ser166Leu (c.497C>T) is classified Likely benign in BBC3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-03). Very rare (popmax 0.0017%, amr).

How common is BBC3 p.Ser166Leu (c.497C>T) in the general population?

BBC3 p.Ser166Leu (c.497C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0017%, amr) (gnomAD).

BBC3 p.Ser166Leu

c.497C>T · rs2058756227 · VCV3133128

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0017%, amr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.164	moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 5.3, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.83	unconstrained · MANE · 6,626 bp · p 0.0062 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.3	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0017% Admixed American · 1/58,932 alleles

Overall 0.000657% 1/152,212 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: BBC3
Protein: p.Ser166Leu
Coding: c.497C>T
MANE Select: NM_014417
dbSNP: rs2058756227
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:47221887 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.293 · pLI 0.05 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 47.60 · 13 PDB
Residue 166: the 'disordered' region

Full BBC3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

BBC3 c.*23C>T Benign/Likely benign ★★ same type
BBC3 c.-3G>A Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BBC3 c.*16C>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BBC3 c.*46C>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BBC3 c.*57C>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BBC3 c.*64C>G Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BBC3 c.*76C>G Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BBC3 c.*79G>T Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type

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/bbc3-p-ser166leu (accessed [today's date]).

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