Is BRCA2 p.Val1438= (c.4314C>T) pathogenic?

BRCA2 p.Val1438= (c.4314C>T) is classified Likely benign in BRCA2 (ClinVar, Expert panel, 16 submitters; last evaluated 2017-06-29). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0172%, amr); Associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2.

What condition is associated with BRCA2 p.Val1438= (c.4314C>T)?

BRCA2 p.Val1438= (c.4314C>T) is associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2, hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is BRCA2 p.Val1438= (c.4314C>T) in the general population?

BRCA2 p.Val1438= (c.4314C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0172%, amr) (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.Val1438=

c.4314C>T · rs730881590 · VCV182286

Likely benign Expert panel

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Expert panel ★★★☆

ClinVar · 16 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0172%, amr)

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.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.015	GERP 0.68, phastCons 0.76
Overall
CADD	4.024	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0172% Admixed American · 10/58,242 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0093% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00728%

Overall 0.0047% 75/1,595,476 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 63/1,443,366 · genomes 12/152,110 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.0172%	5,824
African / African-American	0.0162%	6,182
European (non-Finnish)	0.00428%	23,380
South Asian	0.00341%	29,336

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.Val1438=
Coding: c.4314C>T
MANE Select: NM_000059
dbSNP: rs730881590
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:32338669 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.803 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 1438: the 'interaction with rad51' region; the 'interaction with polh' region; the 'required for stimulation of polh dna polymerization activity' region

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: hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome hereditary neoplastic syndrome

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

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult, Elderly

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BRCA2 c.316+5G>C Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
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BRCA2 c.475+1G>T 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-val1438 (accessed [today's date]).

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