Is CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G) pathogenic?

CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in CDK4 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-03). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.5666); Very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe); Associated with familial melanoma.

What condition is associated with CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G)?

CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G) is associated with familial melanoma, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G) in the general population?

CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Familial melanoma inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Multigenic/multifactorial (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys (c.881A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.5666) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CDK4 p.Tyr294Cys

c.881A>G · rs1565805206 · VCV841483

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.5666 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00017%, nfe)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

familial melanoma

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.5666	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.349	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -12.21	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not looked up on this page · why
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.74	unconstrained · MANE · 3,189 bp · p 2e-07 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00017% European (non-Finnish) · 2/1,179,736 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000137% 2/1,461,514 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: CDK4
Protein: p.Tyr294Cys
Coding: c.881A>G
MANE Select: NM_005981 · reported on NM_000075
dbSNP: rs1565805206
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:57748556 (GRCh38)

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

Disease context

familial melanoma — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

For Familial melanoma (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Multigenic/multifactorial
Onset: Adult
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)

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-tyr294cys (accessed [today's date]).

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