Is BHMT2 p.Cys95Phe (c.284G>T) pathogenic?

BHMT2 p.Cys95Phe (c.284G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in BHMT2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-01-21). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.7529); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is BHMT2 p.Cys95Phe (c.284G>T) in the general population?

BHMT2 p.Cys95Phe (c.284G>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BHMT2 p.Cys95Phe (c.284G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.7529) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BHMT2 p.Cys95Phe

c.284G>T · VCV3824281

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.7529 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.7529	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.578	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.96	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6.6	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.90	unconstrained · MANE · 19 kb · p 0.033 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — 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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: BHMT2
Protein: p.Cys95Phe
Coding: c.284G>T
MANE Select: NM_017614
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:79080712 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.013 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.82
Residue 95: the hcy-binding domain

Full BHMT2 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/bhmt2-p-cys95phe (accessed [today's date]).

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