Is BCAM p.Arg247Cys (c.739C>T) pathogenic?

BCAM p.Arg247Cys (c.739C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in BCAM (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-09-01). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1508); Very rare (popmax 0.00833%, amr).

How common is BCAM p.Arg247Cys (c.739C>T) in the general population?

BCAM p.Arg247Cys (c.739C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00833%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCAM p.Arg247Cys (c.739C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1508) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCAM p.Arg247Cys

c.739C>T · VCV4199279

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1508 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00833%, amr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1508	likely benign
REVEL	0.292	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -13.25	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.2	GERP -3.2, phastCons 0.43
Regional constraint	o/e 1.02	unconstrained · MANE · 12 kb · p 0.64 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.3	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

Grpmax group 0.00833% Admixed American · 5/60,012 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00323% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00207%

Overall 0.000496% 8/1,612,582 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00833%	12,002
South Asian	0.0022%	45,523
European (non-Finnish)	8.48e-05%	1,179,894

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: BCAM
Protein: p.Arg247Cys
Coding: c.739C>T
MANE Select: NM_005581
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:44813575 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.102 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 84.29 · 2 PDB
Residue 247: the ig-like v-type 2 domain

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

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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/bcam-p-arg247cys (accessed [today's date]).

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