Is BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A) is classified Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2025-09-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0821); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A)?

BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A) is associated with hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome, breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A) 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.

What do computational predictors say about BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys (c.8632G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0821) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BRCA2 p.Glu2878Lys

c.8632G>A · rs398122710 · VCV91730

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0821 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0821	likely benign ⚠ discordant with ClinVar
REVEL	0.203	benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	Δ0.72	donor loss at this position · raw score · deltas
Pangolin	Δ0.78	loss · gain 0.23 · agrees with SpliceAI · independent
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.87	unconstrained · MANE · 35 kb · p 0.00024 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	35.0	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

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.Glu2878Lys
Coding: c.8632G>A
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs398122710
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32371100 (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: breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 hereditary neoplastic syndrome hereditary breast carcinoma breast neoplasm

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

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult, Elderly

Similar variants

BRCA2 p.Glu2878= Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue
BRCA2 p.Glu2878Gln Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.Glu2878Gly Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.Glu2878Val 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

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-glu2878lys (accessed [today's date]).

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