Is BLNK p.Ser79= (c.237G>A) pathogenic?

BLNK p.Ser79= (c.237G>A) is classified Likely benign in BLNK (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-12-03). Very rare (popmax 0.00266%, afr); Associated with agammaglobulinemia 4, autosomal recessive.

What condition is associated with BLNK p.Ser79= (c.237G>A)?

BLNK p.Ser79= (c.237G>A) is associated with agammaglobulinemia 4, autosomal recessive (ClinVar).

How common is BLNK p.Ser79= (c.237G>A) in the general population?

BLNK p.Ser79= (c.237G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00266%, afr) (gnomAD).

BLNK p.Ser79=

c.237G>A · rs377027662 · VCV1667511

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00266%, afr)

Conditions

agammaglobulinemia 4, autosomal recessive

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.026	moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -8.4	GERP -3.4
Overall
CADD	4.325	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00266% African / African-American · 2/75,072 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000803% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00065%

Overall 0.00118% 19/1,614,172 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00266%	37,536
European (non-Finnish)	0.00136%	73,753
South Asian	0.0011%	91,088

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: BLNK
Protein: p.Ser79=
Coding: c.237G>A
MANE Select: NM_013314
dbSNP: rs377027662
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:96227534 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.517 · pLI 0.90 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 64.46 · 1 PDB
Residue 79: the 'disordered' region

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

Disease context

agammaglobulinemia 4, autosomal recessive — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/blnk-p-ser79 (accessed [today's date]).

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