Is BCO1 p.Asp451Glu (c.1353C>A) pathogenic?

BCO1 p.Asp451Glu (c.1353C>A) is classified Likely benign in BCO1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-12-21). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0799); Very rare (popmax 0.0078%, nfe).

How common is BCO1 p.Asp451Glu (c.1353C>A) in the general population?

BCO1 p.Asp451Glu (c.1353C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.0078%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCO1 p.Asp451Glu (c.1353C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0799) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCO1 p.Asp451Glu

c.1353C>A · rs756844444 · VCV3133526

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0799 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0078%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0799	likely benign
REVEL	0.258	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -4.87	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 -1.5	GERP -4.9
Regional constraint	o/e 1.16	unconstrained · MANE · 52 kb · p 2.8e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.002	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 0.0078% European (non-Finnish) · 92/1,179,982 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00648% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.006%

Overall 0.00601% 97/1,614,020 alleles · very rare exomes 88/1,461,816 · genomes 9/152,204 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.0078%	12,826
South Asian	0.00439%	22,769
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,998

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: BCO1
Protein: p.Asp451Glu
Coding: c.1353C>A
MANE Select: NM_017429
dbSNP: rs756844444
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:81287345 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.17 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.03

Full BCO1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

BCO1 p.Asp451= Likely benign ★ same residue
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BCO1 c.1101+48C>T Benign ★★ same type
BCO1 c.1102-81T>C Benign ★★ same type
BCO1 c.1303-13G>A Benign ★★ same type
BCO1 c.1303-70A>G Benign ★★ same type
BCO1 c.194-219A>G Benign ★★ same type

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/bco1-p-asp451glu (accessed [today's date]).

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