Is BRCA1 p.Ser1655= (c.4965T>A) pathogenic?

BRCA1 p.Ser1655= (c.4965T>A) is classified Likely benign in BRCA1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-09-26). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome.

What condition is associated with BRCA1 p.Ser1655= (c.4965T>A)?

BRCA1 p.Ser1655= (c.4965T>A) is associated with hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA1 p.Ser1655= (c.4965T>A) in the general population?

BRCA1 p.Ser1655= (c.4965T>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome inherited?

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

BRCA1 p.Ser1655=

c.4965T>A · rs2052361389 · VCV868455

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Conditions

hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

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 -1.1	GERP -4.9, phastCons 0.003
Overall
CADD	5.145	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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: BRCA1
Protein: p.Ser1655=
Coding: c.4965T>A
MANE Select: NM_007294
dbSNP: rs2052361389
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:43070949 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.885 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 41.99 · 33 PDB
Residue 1655: the brct 1 domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in fancs); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in bc; uncertain significance; functionally impaired in vitro); a β-strand

Full BRCA1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

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

For Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult, Elderly

Similar variants

BRCA1 p.Ser1655Pro Likely pathogenic ★★★ same residue
BRCA1 p.Ser1655Phe Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same residue
BRCA1 p.Ser1655fs Pathogenic ★★★ same residue
BRCA1 c.134+3A>T Likely pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA1 c.135-1G>T Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA1 c.212+1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA1 c.212+1G>T Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA1 c.212+3A>G 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/brca1-p-ser1655 (accessed [today's date]).

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