Is BFAR p.Ser65Leu (c.194C>T) pathogenic?

BFAR p.Ser65Leu (c.194C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in BFAR (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-01-05). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4931); Very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr).

How common is BFAR p.Ser65Leu (c.194C>T) in the general population?

BFAR p.Ser65Leu (c.194C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BFAR p.Ser65Leu (c.194C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4931) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BFAR p.Ser65Leu

c.194C>T · rs1411969387 · VCV2270194

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4931 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4931	ambiguous
REVEL	0.374	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -13.48	damaging
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.9	phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.07	unconstrained · MANE · 23 kb · p 0.11 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	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 0.00534% African / African-American · 4/74,858 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00175% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00104%

Overall 0.000248% 4/1,613,798 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: BFAR
Protein: p.Ser65Leu
Coding: c.194C>T
MANE Select: NM_016561
dbSNP: rs1411969387
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:14644540 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.159 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.40

Full BFAR 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/bfar-p-ser65leu (accessed [today's date]).

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