Is CELF4 p.Cys181Arg (c.541T>C) pathogenic?

CELF4 p.Cys181Arg (c.541T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in CELF4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-02-21). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9995); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is CELF4 p.Cys181Arg (c.541T>C) in the general population?

CELF4 p.Cys181Arg (c.541T>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CELF4 p.Cys181Arg (c.541T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9995) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CELF4 p.Cys181Arg

c.541T>C · rs2518582663 · VCV3141947

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9995 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9995	likely pathogenic · top 5% in CELF4
REVEL	0.554	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -18.83	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6.6	GERP 1.3, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.61	unconstrained · MANE · 765 bp · p 0.00017 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	29.9	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: CELF4
Protein: p.Cys181Arg
Coding: c.541T>C
MANE Select: NM_020180
dbSNP: rs2518582663
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr18:37275151 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.546 · pLI 0.84 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 62.70 · 2 PDB
Residue 181: the rrm 2 domain; a β-strand; the 'sufficient for rna-binding and mse-dependent splicing activity' region

Full CELF4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/celf4-p-cys181arg (accessed [today's date]).

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