Is BUB3 p.Ile279= (c.837C>T) pathogenic?

BUB3 p.Ile279= (c.837C>T) is classified Likely benign in BUB3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-02-23). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0329%, mid).

How common is BUB3 p.Ile279= (c.837C>T) in the general population?

BUB3 p.Ile279= (c.837C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0329%, mid) (gnomAD).

BUB3 p.Ile279=

c.837C>T · rs745619504 · VCV1763143

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0329%, mid)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -1.6	GERP -5.1
Overall
CADD	8.598	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0329% Middle Eastern · 2/6,078 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0058% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00314%

Overall 0.00205% 33/1,611,298 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0329%	3,039
South Asian	0.00886%	11,283
European (non-Finnish)	0.00178%	56,160
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,392
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,726

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: BUB3
Protein: p.Ile279=
Coding: c.837C>T
MANE Select: NM_004725
dbSNP: rs745619504
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:123162694 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.77 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 96.10

Full BUB3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

BUB3 p.Ile279Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BUB3 p.Ile279Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
BUB3 p.Arg314= Likely benign ★★ same type
BUB3 p.Ser197= Likely benign ★★ same type
BUB3 p.Ser198= Likely benign ★★ same type
BUB3 p.Ala131Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BUB3 p.Ala155Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
BUB3 p.Ala187Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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/bub3-p-ile279 (accessed [today's date]).

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