Is C8B p.Arg34= (c.102G>A) pathogenic?

C8B p.Arg34= (c.102G>A) is classified Likely benign in C8B (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-19). Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas).

How common is C8B p.Arg34= (c.102G>A) in the general population?

C8B p.Arg34= (c.102G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

C8B p.Arg34=

c.102G>A · rs1645157358 · VCV3005644

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation/SpliceAI carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	Δ0.20	acceptor gain, 9 bp away · masked 0 · deltas
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.7	GERP -1.7
Overall
CADD	1.485	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,870 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000183% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00012%

Overall 0.000684% 10/1,461,846 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,254
East Asiangrpmax	0.00223%	44,870
African / African-American	0.00133%	75,026
European (non-Finnish)	0.000508%	196,667

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: C8B
Protein: p.Arg34=
Coding: c.102G>A
MANE Select: NM_000066
dbSNP: rs1645157358
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:56960167 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.18 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.99 · 8 PDB

Full C8B gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/c8b-p-arg34 (accessed [today's date]).

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