Is BCAN p.Arg97His (c.290G>A) pathogenic?

BCAN p.Arg97His (c.290G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in BCAN (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-12-03). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2008); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0213%, afr).

How common is BCAN p.Arg97His (c.290G>A) in the general population?

BCAN p.Arg97His (c.290G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0213%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCAN p.Arg97His (c.290G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2008) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCAN p.Arg97His

c.290G>A · rs138687652 · VCV2210466

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2008 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0213%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2008	likely benign
REVEL	0.176	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.54	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 8.5	GERP -0.085, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.01	unconstrained · MANE · 1,593 bp · p 0.91 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.4	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — 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

Grpmax group 0.0213% African / African-American · 16/75,038 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0133% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0109%

Overall 0.00322% 52/1,612,992 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0213%	4,690
Middle Eastern	0.0165%	6,060
Admixed American	0.0133%	7,496
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,226
European (non-Finnish)	0.00212%	47,184

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: BCAN
Protein: p.Arg97His
Coding: c.290G>A
MANE Select: NM_021948
dbSNP: rs138687652
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:156646999 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.695 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 70.06
Residue 97: the ig-like v-type domain; a disulfide bond

Full BCAN 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/bcan-p-arg97his (accessed [today's date]).

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