Is BRCA2 c.681+298T>A pathogenic?

BRCA2 c.681+298T>A is classified Benign in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Expert panel, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2015-01-12). Low-frequency (popmax 3.44%, afr); Associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 c.681+298T>A?

BRCA2 c.681+298T>A is associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 c.681+298T>A in the general population?

BRCA2 c.681+298T>A is low-frequency (popmax 3.44%, afr) (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.

BRCA2 c.681+298T>A

rs11571628 · VCV209665

Benign Expert panel

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Expert panel ★★★☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

low-frequency (popmax 3.44%, afr)

Conditions

breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +298	deep intronic (+298 nt into the intron)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.01	GERP -0.33, phastCons 0.011
Non-coding constraint	Z 1.29	1 kb window · o/e 0.90 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	0.548	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 3.44% African / African-American · 1,409/40,950 alleles

Filtering AF 3.29% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 3.23%

Overall 0.98% 1,470/149,986 alleles · low-frequency

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	3.44%	29
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.82%	122
Admixed American	0.226%	442
South Asian	0.021%	4,768
European (non-Finnish)	0.0134%	7,474

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: BRCA2
Coding: c.681+298T>A
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs11571628
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32329790 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.803 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)

Full BRCA2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 — 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

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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/brca2-c-681-plus-298t-a (accessed [today's date]).

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