Is BCL6 p.Ile78Met (c.234C>G) pathogenic?

BCL6 p.Ile78Met (c.234C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in BCL6 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-06-09). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2724); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0351%, sas).

How common is BCL6 p.Ile78Met (c.234C>G) in the general population?

BCL6 p.Ile78Met (c.234C>G) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0351%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCL6 p.Ile78Met (c.234C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2724) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCL6 p.Ile78Met

c.234C>G · rs774593110 · VCV2294551

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2724 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0351%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2724	likely benign
REVEL	0.331	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -7.14	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.58	unconstrained · MANE · 3,683 bp · p 2e-08 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.9	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 0.0351% South Asian · 32/91,084 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0256% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0222%

Overall 0.00211% 34/1,614,066 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0351%	2,846
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,245

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: BCL6
Protein: p.Ile78Met
Coding: c.234C>G
MANE Select: NM_001706
dbSNP: rs774593110
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:187731858 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.221 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 52.89 · 222 PDB
Residue 78: the btb domain

Full BCL6 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/bcl6-p-ile78met (accessed [today's date]).

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