Is BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter (c.2336C>G) pathogenic?

BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter (c.2336C>G) is classified Likely pathogenic in BMPR2 (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

What condition is associated with BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter (c.2336C>G)?

BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter (c.2336C>G) is associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (ClinVar).

How common is BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter (c.2336C>G) in the general population?

BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter (c.2336C>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

BMPR2 p.Ser779Ter

Q: How is Idiopathic/heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension inherited?

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

c.2336C>G · rs2468743454 · VCV1723148

Likely pathogenic No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Conditions

pulmonary arterial hypertension

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Consequence	nonsense (stop-gain)	predicted loss-of-function in a haploinsufficient gene (ClinGen)
NMD	predicted	premature termination codon in exon 12 of 13
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	39.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

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: BMPR2
Protein: p.Ser779Ter
Coding: c.2336C>G
MANE Select: NM_001204
dbSNP: rs2468743454
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:202556001 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.376 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 58.07 · 7 PDB
Residue 779: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pph1; changed localization to the plasma membrane); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pph1; loss of localization to the plasma membrane; localized to the cytoplasm)

Full BMPR2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

pulmonary arterial hypertension — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Idiopathic/heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, Not applicable
Onset: All ages
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (United States)

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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/bmpr2-p-ser779ter (accessed [today's date]).

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