Is BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-05-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1145); Very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T)?

BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T) is very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu (c.8687G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1145) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BRCA2 p.Arg2896Leu

c.8687G>T · rs80359128 · VCV801125

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1145 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1145	likely benign
REVEL	0.209	benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.83	GERP -4.2
Regional constraint	o/e 0.87	unconstrained · MANE · 35 kb · p 0.00024 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	9.171	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

Grpmax group 8.47e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,180,018 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,870 alleles · very rare

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.Arg2896Leu
Coding: c.8687G>T
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs80359128
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32376724 (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 neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

BRCA2 p.Arg2896Cys Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg2896His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg2896Ser Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg2896= Likely benign ★★★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg2896Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.Arg2896Pro Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 c.316+1G>T Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
BRCA2 c.316+2T>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-arg2896leu (accessed [today's date]).

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