Is DARS2 p.Gln96Arg (c.287A>G) pathogenic?

DARS2 p.Gln96Arg (c.287A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in DARS2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-03-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1013); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is DARS2 p.Gln96Arg (c.287A>G) in the general population?

DARS2 p.Gln96Arg (c.287A>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DARS2 p.Gln96Arg (c.287A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1013) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DARS2 p.Gln96Arg

c.287A>G · rs2525839663 · VCV2114708

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1013 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1013	likely benign
REVEL	0.318	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -9.02	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 11	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.87	unconstrained · MANE · 32 kb · p 0.00036 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.9	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

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: DARS2
Protein: p.Gln96Arg
Coding: c.287A>G
MANE Select: NM_018122
dbSNP: rs2525839663
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:173828392 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.923 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.91 · 1 PDB

Full DARS2 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/dars2-p-gln96arg (accessed [today's date]).

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