Is BCAS1 p.Arg485Ser (c.1455A>T) pathogenic?

BCAS1 p.Arg485Ser (c.1455A>T) is classified Uncertain significance in BCAS1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-12-17). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.3756); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, afr).

How common is BCAS1 p.Arg485Ser (c.1455A>T) in the general population?

BCAS1 p.Arg485Ser (c.1455A>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCAS1 p.Arg485Ser (c.1455A>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.3756) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCAS1 p.Arg485Ser

c.1455A>T · VCV3823000

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.3756 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0134%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3756	ambiguous · top 10% in BCAS1
REVEL	0.049	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.68	tolerated
⇒ REVEL and SaProt both call this tolerated; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.21	GERP -1.4
Regional constraint	o/e 1.03	unconstrained · MANE · 114 kb · p 0.43 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	18.38	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

⚠ Isoform check: AlphaMissense numbered on a different transcript (AM R440S vs ClinVar R485S) — verify the residue.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0134% African / African-American · 10/74,788 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00724% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00551%

Overall 0.000806% 13/1,612,608 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0134%	7,479
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00481%	20,808

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: BCAS1
Protein: p.Arg485Ser
Coding: c.1455A>T
MANE Select: NM_001366298
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:53966936 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.855 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 51.00
Residue 485: the 'disordered' region

Full BCAS1 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/bcas1-p-arg485ser (accessed [today's date]).

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