Is BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-11-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0777); Very rare (popmax 8.54e-05%, nfe); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T)?

BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T) is very rare (popmax 8.54e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe (c.944G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0777) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BRCA2 p.Cys315Phe

c.944G>T · rs2072400977 · VCV1719482

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0777 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.54e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0777	likely benign
REVEL	0.234	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 -0.061	GERP -4.6
Regional constraint	o/e 1.03	unconstrained · MANE · 47 kb · p 0.059 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	0.047	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 8.54e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,171,516 alleles

Overall 6.95e-05% 1/1,438,666 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.Cys315Phe
Coding: c.944G>T
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs2072400977
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32332422 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.803 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 315: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in one patient with esophageal carcinoma)

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

Also linked: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

Similar variants

BRCA2 p.Cys315Ser Benign/Likely benign ★★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Cys315Tyr Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Cys315= Likely benign ★ 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-cys315phe (accessed [today's date]).

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