Is BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter (c.775A>T) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter (c.775A>T) is classified Pathogenic in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Expert panel, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2017-12-15). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter (c.775A>T)?

BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter (c.775A>T) is associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2, breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1, hereditary breast carcinoma (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter (c.775A>T) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter (c.775A>T) 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.

BRCA2 p.Arg259Ter

c.775A>T · rs397507937 · VCV52402

Pathogenic Expert panel

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Expert panel ★★★☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

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.
Consequence	nonsense (stop-gain)	predicted loss-of-function in a haploinsufficient gene (ClinGen)
NMD	predicted	premature termination codon in exon 9 of 27
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.2	GERP -4.3, phastCons 0.024
Overall
CADD	33.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

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: BRCA2
Protein: p.Arg259Ter
Coding: c.775A>T
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs397507937
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32331012 (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

Also linked: breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 hereditary breast carcinoma

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

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult, Elderly

Similar variants

BRCA2 p.Arg259= Likely benign ★★★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg259fs Pathogenic ★★★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg259Lys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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
BRCA2 c.475+1G>A 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-arg259ter (accessed [today's date]).

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