Is CDK12 p.Arg1051= (c.3153A>T) pathogenic?

CDK12 p.Arg1051= (c.3153A>T) is classified Likely benign in CDK12 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-01-20). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0165%, mid).

How common is CDK12 p.Arg1051= (c.3153A>T) in the general population?

CDK12 p.Arg1051= (c.3153A>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0165%, mid) (gnomAD).

CDK12 p.Arg1051=

c.3153A>T · VCV3830546

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0165%, 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 3	GERP 0.012, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	9.589	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0165% Middle Eastern · 1/6,062 alleles

Filtering AF 7.9e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.00041% 6/1,461,890 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0165%	6,062
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,506
European (non-Finnish)	0.000339%	295,010

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: CDK12
Protein: p.Arg1051=
Coding: c.3153A>T
MANE Select: NM_016507
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:39524731 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.21 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 51.39 · 39 PDB
Residue 1051: the 'disordered' region

Full CDK12 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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CDK12 c.2846+157G>T Benign ★★ same type
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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/cdk12-p-arg1051 (accessed [today's date]).

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