Is BIRC7 p.Gly78Arg (c.232G>A) pathogenic?

BIRC7 p.Gly78Arg (c.232G>A) is classified Likely benign in BIRC7 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-05-31). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1411); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0112%, eas).

How common is BIRC7 p.Gly78Arg (c.232G>A) in the general population?

BIRC7 p.Gly78Arg (c.232G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0112%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BIRC7 p.Gly78Arg (c.232G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1411) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BIRC7 p.Gly78Arg

c.232G>A · rs567181959 · VCV2524678

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1411 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0112%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1411	likely benign
REVEL	0.013	strongly benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.29	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 0.96	GERP -2, phastCons 0.072
Regional constraint	o/e 1.02	unconstrained · MANE · 3,505 bp · p 0.7 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.203	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 0.0112% East Asian · 5/44,690 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00436% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00277%

Overall 0.000996% 16/1,606,014 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.0112%	8,938
South Asian	0.0077%	12,988
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00483%	20,693
European (non-Finnish)	8.51e-05%	1,175,004

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: BIRC7
Protein: p.Gly78Arg
Coding: c.232G>A
MANE Select: NM_139317
dbSNP: rs567181959
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr20:63236328 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.18 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 72.40 · 13 PDB

Full BIRC7 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/birc7-p-gly78arg (accessed [today's date]).

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