BRAF p.Ala3=
c.9G>C · VCV3620637
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.000135%, nfe)
Conditions
1
RASopathy
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 3.2 | GERP 2.6, phastCons 1 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 14.04 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.000135%
European (non-Finnish) · 1/739,578 alleles
Overall
9.3e-05%
1/1,074,834 alleles · very rare
exomes 1/923,152 · genomes 0/151,682 · joint denominator
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
- BRAF
- Protein
- p.Ala3=
- Coding
- c.9G>C
- MANE Select
- NM_004333
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr7:140924695 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.237 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 67.87 · 135 PDB
- Residue 3
- the 'disordered' region
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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/braf-p-ala3 (accessed [today's date]).
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