Is CASK p.Arg28= (c.84A>G) pathogenic?

CASK p.Arg28= (c.84A>G) is classified Likely benign in CASK (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-29). Very rare (popmax 0.000113%, nfe); Associated with Intellectual disability, CASK-related, X-linked.

What condition is associated with CASK p.Arg28= (c.84A>G)?

CASK p.Arg28= (c.84A>G) is associated with Intellectual disability, CASK-related, X-linked (ClinVar).

How common is CASK p.Arg28= (c.84A>G) in the general population?

CASK p.Arg28= (c.84A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.000113%, nfe) (gnomAD).

CASK p.Arg28=

c.84A>G · VCV4699683

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000113%, nfe)

Conditions

Intellectual disability, CASK-related, X-linked

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 6.1	GERP 2.9, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	13.12	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000113% European (non-Finnish) · 1/885,248 alleles

Overall 9.2e-05% 1/1,086,390 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: CASK
Protein: p.Arg28=
Coding: c.84A>G
MANE Select: NM_001367721
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:41853203 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.45 · 22 PDB
Residue 28: the protein kinase domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in a patient with epilepsy and pontocerebellar hypoplasia; likely pathogenic); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in fgs4; does not reveal significant alterations induced by the mutation substitution; causes a partial skipping of exon 2 of the protein); a β-strand

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

Disease context

Intellectual disability, CASK-related, X-linked — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

CASK p.Arg28Ter Pathogenic ★★ same residue
GPR82 p.Val28Ala Uncertain significance ★ same residue
CASK p.Arg28Leu Pathogenic same residue
CASK p.Arg489Gln Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CASK p.Ala359Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CASK p.Ala833Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CASK p.Arg130Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CASK p.Arg572His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/cask-p-arg28 (accessed [today's date]).

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