Is BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A) pathogenic?

BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in BLM (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-07-10). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.7549); Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with Bloom syndrome.

What condition is associated with BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A)?

BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A) is associated with Bloom syndrome, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A) in the general population?

BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Bloom syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about BLM p.Arg959Gln (c.2876G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.7549) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BLM p.Arg959Gln

c.2876G>A · rs772585415 · VCV845561

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.7549 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Bloom syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.7549	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.84	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -13.93	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 46 kb · p 0.035 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	33.0	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

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,934 alleles

Filtering AF 6.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%

Overall 0.00031% 5/1,614,056 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,934
South Asian	0.0011%	91,090
European (non-Finnish)	0.000254%	393,346

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: BLM
Protein: p.Arg959Gln
Coding: c.2876G>A
MANE Select: NM_000057
dbSNP: rs772585415
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:90790701 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.847 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 61.10 · 16 PDB
Residue 959: the helicase c-terminal domain

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

Disease context

Bloom syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

For Bloom syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Antenatal, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Specific population)

Similar variants

BLM p.Arg959Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same residue
BLM p.Arg959= Likely benign ★ same residue
BLM c.1087+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BLM c.1088-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BLM c.1220+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BLM c.1220+2T>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BLM c.1882+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
BLM c.2074+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition

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/blm-p-arg959gln (accessed [today's date]).

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