Is BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-01-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0874); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G)?

BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BRCA2 p.His1561Arg (c.4682A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0874) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BRCA2 p.His1561Arg

c.4682A>G · rs2072510587 · VCV945638

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0874 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL · SaProt no call

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0874	likely benign
REVEL	0.239	benign-leaning
SaProt	—	not scored · why
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated; SaProt makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.72	GERP -3.2
Regional constraint	o/e 1.03	unconstrained · MANE · 47 kb · p 0.059 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	11.75	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL is an independent agreement signal.

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.His1561Arg
Coding: c.4682A>G
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs2072510587
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32339037 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.803 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 1561: the 'interaction with rad51' region; the 'interaction with polh' region; the 'required for stimulation of polh dna polymerization activity' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in)

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.His1561= Likely benign ★★★ same residue
BRCA2 p.His1561Tyr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.His1561Asn Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
BRCA2 p.His1561fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
BRCA2 p.His1561Asp 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

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-his1561arg (accessed [today's date]).

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