Is CDK4 p.Arg61= (c.183G>A) pathogenic?

CDK4 p.Arg61= (c.183G>A) is classified Benign/Likely benign in CDK4 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2024-12-18). Very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with CDK4 p.Arg61= (c.183G>A)?

CDK4 p.Arg61= (c.183G>A) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 3, familial melanoma (ClinVar).

How common is CDK4 p.Arg61= (c.183G>A) in the general population?

CDK4 p.Arg61= (c.183G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr) (gnomAD).

CDK4 p.Arg61=

c.183G>A · rs771902016 · VCV483292

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr)

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

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 -0.23	GERP -1.5, phastCons 0.22
Overall
CADD	10.44	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00667% African / African-American · 5/74,918 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00255% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00161%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,614,078 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00667%	14,984
European (non-Finnish)	8.47e-05%	1,180,044

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: CDK4
Protein: p.Arg61=
Coding: c.183G>A
MANE Select: NM_000075
dbSNP: rs771902016
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:57751535 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.61 · pLI 0.57 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 87.56 · 15 PDB
Residue 61: the protein kinase domain; an α-helix

Full CDK4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 3 familial melanoma

Similar variants

CDK4 p.Arg61Lys Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
CDK4 p.Arg24Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CDK4 p.Arg24His Pathogenic ★★ same condition
CDK4 c.354+3G>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CDK4 c.354+5G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CDK4 c.355-4C>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CDK4 c.632+5G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CDK4 c.820-3C>T 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/cdk4-p-arg61 (accessed [today's date]).

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