Is CLRN1 p.Arg79Lys (c.236G>A) pathogenic?

CLRN1 p.Arg79Lys (c.236G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in CLRN1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-08-13). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4748); Very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe).

How common is CLRN1 p.Arg79Lys (c.236G>A) in the general population?

CLRN1 p.Arg79Lys (c.236G>A) is very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CLRN1 p.Arg79Lys (c.236G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4748) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CLRN1 p.Arg79Lys

c.236G>A · rs2472830687 · VCV2119799

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4748 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.47e-05%, nfe)

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4748	ambiguous
REVEL	0.407	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -5.73	tolerated
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.12	unconstrained · MANE · 45 kb · p 0.044 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.9	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 8.47e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,180,036 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,890 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: CLRN1
Protein: p.Arg79Lys
Coding: c.236G>A
MANE Select: NM_174878
dbSNP: rs2472830687
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:150972473 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.168 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.74

Full CLRN1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

CLRN1 p.Arg79Trp Uncertain significance ⚠ same residue
CLRN1 c.253+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
CLRN1 c.253+6T>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
CLRN1 c.254-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
CLRN1 c.254-649T>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
CLRN1 c.433+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
CLRN1 c.433+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
CLRN1 p.Ala123Asp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type

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/clrn1-p-arg79lys (accessed [today's date]).

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