Is BRCA1 p.Val8Asp (c.23T>A) pathogenic?

BRCA1 p.Val8Asp (c.23T>A) is classified Uncertain significance in BRCA1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2022-12-27). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4852); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is BRCA1 p.Val8Asp (c.23T>A) in the general population?

BRCA1 p.Val8Asp (c.23T>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BRCA1 p.Val8Asp (c.23T>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4852) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BRCA1 p.Val8Asp

c.23T>A · rs2055739664 · VCV867692

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4852 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4852	ambiguous · top 9% in BRCA1
REVEL	0.674	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.30	damaging
⇒ REVEL and SaProt both call this damaging; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.8	phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 78 kb · p 4.8e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.0	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

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.Val8Asp
Coding: c.23T>A
MANE Select: NM_007294
dbSNP: rs2055739664
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:43124074 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.885 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 41.99 · 33 PDB
Residue 8: an α-helix

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

Similar variants

BRCA1 p.Val8Ala Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
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BRCA1 p.Val8= Likely benign ★ same residue
BRCA1 p.Val8fs Pathogenic ★★★ same residue
BRCA1 c.134+3A>T Likely pathogenic ★★★ same type
BRCA1 c.135-1G>T Pathogenic ★★★ same type
BRCA1 c.212+1G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same type

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-val8asp (accessed [today's date]).

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