Is CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T) pathogenic?

CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in CHRNB2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-07-01). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.922); Very rare (popmax 0.00401%, afr); Associated with familial sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy.

What condition is associated with CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T)?

CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T) is associated with familial sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (ClinVar).

How common is CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T) in the general population?

CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00401%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp (c.217C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.922) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CHRNB2 p.Arg73Trp

c.217C>T · rs771286419 · VCV949919

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.922 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00401%, afr)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

familial sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.922	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.621	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -13.61	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 2.6	GERP 0.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.74	unconstrained · MANE · 3,773 bp · p 1.9e-08 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	29.2	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 0.00401% African / African-American · 3/74,886 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00106% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000495%

Overall 0.000805% 13/1,613,998 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00401%	24,962
South Asian	0.0011%	91,088
European (non-Finnish)	0.000763%	131,114

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: CHRNB2
Protein: p.Arg73Trp
Coding: c.217C>T
MANE Select: NM_000748
dbSNP: rs771286419
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:154569798 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.116 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.16 · 15 PDB
Residue 73: a turn

Full CHRNB2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

familial sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood

Similar variants

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CHRNB2 p.Val308Ala Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHRNB2 c.1338+3G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CHRNB2 c.366-3C>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
CHRNB2 p.Ala135Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHRNB2 p.Ala154Thr 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/chrnb2-p-arg73trp (accessed [today's date]).

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