Is CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T) pathogenic?

CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in CHD2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-09-25). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2784); Very rare (popmax 0.00329%, sas); Associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94.

What condition is associated with CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T)?

CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T) is associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94 (ClinVar).

How common is CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T) in the general population?

CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00329%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Lennox-Gastaut syndrome inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys (c.5053C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2784) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CHD2 p.Arg1685Cys

c.5053C>T · rs776558690 · VCV2157746

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2784 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00329%, sas)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2784	likely benign
REVEL	0.629	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.38	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 1.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.02	unconstrained · MANE · 9,988 bp · p 0.77 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	31.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00329% South Asian · 3/91,070 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000875% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000443%

Overall 0.000496% 8/1,613,932 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00329%	30,357
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,242
European (non-Finnish)	0.000254%	393,342

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: CHD2
Protein: p.Arg1685Cys
Coding: c.5053C>T
MANE Select: NM_001271
dbSNP: rs776558690
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:93020158 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.174 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.81
Residue 1685: the 'disordered' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in dee94); a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in a patient with progressive myoclonus epilepsy; uncertain significance)

Full CHD2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 94 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Multigenic/multifactorial, Not applicable
Onset: Childhood, Infancy
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

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CHD2 c.443+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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/chd2-p-arg1685cys (accessed [today's date]).

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