Is CUL2 p.Arg161Gln (c.482G>A) pathogenic?

CUL2 p.Arg161Gln (c.482G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in CUL2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-08-12). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0801); Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas).

How common is CUL2 p.Arg161Gln (c.482G>A) in the general population?

CUL2 p.Arg161Gln (c.482G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CUL2 p.Arg161Gln (c.482G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0801) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CUL2 p.Arg161Gln

c.482G>A · rs140997018 · VCV2243251

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0801 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0801	likely benign
REVEL	0.126	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.58	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.8	GERP 1.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.76	unconstrained · MANE · 38 kb · p 6.8e-07 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.7	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — 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 0.0022% South Asian · 2/90,888 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000365% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00026%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,613,148 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,444
European (non-Finnish)	0.000763%	131,069

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: CUL2
Protein: p.Arg161Gln
Coding: c.482G>A
MANE Select: NM_003591
dbSNP: rs140997018
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:35049707 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.305 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.02 · 42 PDB
Residue 161: an α-helix

Full CUL2 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/cul2-p-arg161gln (accessed [today's date]).

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