Is BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C) pathogenic?

BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C) is classified Likely pathogenic in BBS1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.6576); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

What condition is associated with BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C)?

BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C) is associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C) in the general population?

BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Bardet-Biedl syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive, Oligogenic (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about BBS1 p.Arg359Pro (c.1076G>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.6576) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BBS1 p.Arg359Pro

c.1076G>C · rs147766972 · VCV2498316

Likely pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.6576 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL indeterminate

Conditions

Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.6576	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar
REVEL	0.333	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -15.53	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL is indeterminate.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.75	GERP -4, phastCons 0.05
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 21 kb · p 0.059 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	20.8	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

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: BBS1
Protein: p.Arg359Pro
Coding: c.1076G>C
MANE Select: NM_024649
dbSNP: rs147766972
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:66523848 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.003 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.05 · 1 PDB

Full BBS1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Bardet-Biedl syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Bardet-Biedl syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive, Oligogenic
Onset: Antenatal, Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Specific population)

Similar variants

BBS1 p.Arg359Cys Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BBS1 p.Arg359His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BBS1 p.Arg359Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BBS1 c.1110+3G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS1 c.1111-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS1 c.1181-9C>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS1 c.124+1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BBS1 c.159+1G>A 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/bbs1-p-arg359pro (accessed [today's date]).

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