Is BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A) pathogenic?

BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A) is classified Likely benign in BCAS3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-03-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1008); Very rare (popmax 0.00879%, sas); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A)?

BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A) in the general population?

BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00879%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn (c.904G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1008) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCAS3 p.Asp302Asn

c.904G>A · rs755013090 · VCV2291740

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1008 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00879%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1008	likely benign
REVEL	0.098	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.56	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 12	GERP 2.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.79	unconstrained · MANE · 689 kb · p 8.1e-12 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.8	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

Grpmax group 0.00879% South Asian · 8/91,034 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00437% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00312%

Overall 0.000496% 8/1,613,560 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: BCAS3
Protein: p.Asp302Asn
Coding: c.904G>A
MANE Select: NM_017679
dbSNP: rs755013090
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:60910613 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.58 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 65.25
Residue 302: the 'required for recruitment to preautophagosomal structure in response to mitophagy' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in hemars)

Full BCAS3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/bcas3-p-asp302asn (accessed [today's date]).

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