Is BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G) pathogenic?

BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G) is classified Likely pathogenic in BLM (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-14). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9854); Very rare (popmax 0.00229%, nfe); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G)?

BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, Bloom syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G) in the general population?

BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00229%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BLM p.Gln672Arg (c.2015A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9854) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BLM p.Gln672Arg

c.2015A>G · rs747281324 · VCV188963

Likely pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9854 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00229%, nfe)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9854	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 6% in BLM
REVEL	0.961	strongly pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -14.32	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 11	GERP 2.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.36	unconstrained · MANE · 90 bp · p 0.00014 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	31.0	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 0.00229% European (non-Finnish) · 27/1,180,030 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00157% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00134%

Overall 0.00167% 27/1,614,054 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: BLM
Protein: p.Gln672Arg
Coding: c.2015A>G
MANE Select: NM_000057
dbSNP: rs747281324
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:90763098 (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 672: an α-helix; a binding site; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in blm)

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

Similar variants

BLM p.Gln672= Likely benign ★★ same residue
BLM p.Gln672His Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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-gln672arg (accessed [today's date]).

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