Is BCOR p.Ile853= (c.2559C>T) pathogenic?

BCOR p.Ile853= (c.2559C>T) is classified Likely benign in BCOR (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-09-19). Very rare (popmax 0.007%, afr); Associated with microphthalmia, syndromic 2.

What condition is associated with BCOR p.Ile853= (c.2559C>T)?

BCOR p.Ile853= (c.2559C>T) is associated with microphthalmia, syndromic 2 (ClinVar).

How common is BCOR p.Ile853= (c.2559C>T) in the general population?

BCOR p.Ile853= (c.2559C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.007%, afr) (gnomAD).

BCOR p.Ile853=

c.2559C>T · VCV4713781

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.007%, afr)

Conditions

microphthalmia, syndromic 2

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -1.4	GERP -3.4
Overall
CADD	0.216	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.007% African / African-American · 4/57,103 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00233% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0014%

Overall 0.000579% 7/1,209,903 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.007%	14,276
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00215%	46,565
European (non-Finnish)	0.000223%	447,626

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: BCOR
Protein: p.Ile853=
Coding: c.2559C>T
MANE Select: NM_001123385
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:40072787 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 39.82 · 5 PDB

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

Disease context

microphthalmia, syndromic 2 — 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/bcor-p-ile853 (accessed [today's date]).

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