Is BRCA2 p.Ala2851= (c.8553A>G) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.Ala2851= (c.8553A>G) is classified Likely benign in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-05-10). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.Ala2851= (c.8553A>G)?

BRCA2 p.Ala2851= (c.8553A>G) is associated with hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.Ala2851= (c.8553A>G) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.Ala2851= (c.8553A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, 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 p.Ala2851=

c.8553A>G · rs997802158 · VCV2694312

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

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 0.65	GERP -3.9, phastCons 0.8
Overall
CADD	5.675	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,946 alleles

Overall 0.000124% 2/1,614,084 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,461,832 · genomes 1/152,252 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,946
European (non-Finnish)	8.47e-05%	1,180,018

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
Protein: p.Ala2851=
Coding: c.8553A>G
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs997802158
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32371021 (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

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

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

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

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult, Elderly

Similar variants

BRCA2 p.Ala2851Gly Uncertain significance ★★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Ala2851Ser Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Ala2851Val Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Ala2851fs Pathogenic ★★ same residue
BRCA2 c.316+1G>T Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA2 c.316+2T>C Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA2 c.316+5G>A Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA2 c.316+5G>C 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/brca2-p-ala2851 (accessed [today's date]).

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