Is BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A) pathogenic?

BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in BLM (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-07-31). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9908); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A)?

BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, Bloom syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A) in the general population?

BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BLM p.Arg979Lys (c.2936G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9908) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BLM p.Arg979Lys

c.2936G>A · rs944867688 · VCV822308

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9908 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9908	likely pathogenic · top 5% in BLM
REVEL	0.946	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -14.84	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	30.0	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

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: BLM
Protein: p.Arg979Lys
Coding: c.2936G>A
MANE Select: NM_000057
dbSNP: rs944867688
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:90790761 (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 979: a turn; the helicase c-terminal domain

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

Disease context

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

Also linked: Bloom syndrome

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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/blm-p-arg979lys (accessed [today's date]).

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