Is BCO2 p.Arg472Gln (c.1415G>A) pathogenic?

BCO2 p.Arg472Gln (c.1415G>A) is classified Likely benign in BCO2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-01-08). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0694); Very rare (popmax 0.00533%, afr).

How common is BCO2 p.Arg472Gln (c.1415G>A) in the general population?

BCO2 p.Arg472Gln (c.1415G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00533%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BCO2 p.Arg472Gln (c.1415G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0694) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BCO2 p.Arg472Gln

c.1415G>A · VCV3824034

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0694 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00533%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0694	likely benign
REVEL	0.231	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.05	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	Δ0.20	donor loss, 15 bp away · masked 0 · deltas
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.1	GERP -1.8, phastCons 0.37
Regional constraint	o/e 0.97	unconstrained · MANE · 42 kb · p 0.37 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	10.27	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 0.00533% African / African-American · 4/75,046 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0018% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00156%

Overall 0.00229% 37/1,614,028 alleles · very rare exomes 31/1,461,718 · genomes 6/152,310 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00533%	18,762
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,254
European (non-Finnish)	0.00254%	39,330
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,024

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: BCO2
Protein: p.Arg472Gln
Coding: c.1415G>A
MANE Select: NM_031938
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:112214844 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.047 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.41

Full BCO2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

BCO2 p.Arg472Ter Likely benign ★★ same residue
BCO2 p.Ala115Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BCO2 p.Ala223Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BCO2 p.Ala318Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BCO2 p.Ala437Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BCO2 p.Arg184Trp Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BCO2 p.Arg253Gln Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BCO2 p.Arg27Trp Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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/bco2-p-arg472gln (accessed [today's date]).

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