Is BSND p.Leu299Arg (c.896T>G) pathogenic?

BSND p.Leu299Arg (c.896T>G) is classified Uncertain significance in BSND (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-08-12). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4995); Very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe).

How common is BSND p.Leu299Arg (c.896T>G) in the general population?

BSND p.Leu299Arg (c.896T>G) is very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about BSND p.Leu299Arg (c.896T>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4995) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

BSND p.Leu299Arg

c.896T>G · rs1444393835 · VCV2096569

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4995 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

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

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4995	ambiguous
REVEL	0.662	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.17	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; SaProt does not; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.8	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 9,438 bp · p 0.065 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.9	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) · 1/1,180,016 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,882 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: BSND
Protein: p.Leu299Arg
Coding: c.896T>G
MANE Select: NM_057176
dbSNP: rs1444393835
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:55008561 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.03 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 53.80
Residue 299: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in barts4a); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in barts4a; loss of clcnka and clcnkb channel conductance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in barts4a; abolishes the preferential sorting at the basolateral membrane domain; no effect on ion conductance); the 'disordered' region

Full BSND gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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BSND p.Gln95Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
BSND p.Glu148Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
BSND p.Glu4Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
BSND p.Glu88Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type

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/bsnd-p-leu299arg (accessed [today's date]).

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