Is DERA p.Arg176Cys (c.526C>T) pathogenic?

DERA p.Arg176Cys (c.526C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in DERA (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-05-29). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0681); Very rare (popmax 0.00836%, amr).

How common is DERA p.Arg176Cys (c.526C>T) in the general population?

DERA p.Arg176Cys (c.526C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00836%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DERA p.Arg176Cys (c.526C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0681) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DERA p.Arg176Cys

c.526C>T · VCV3271643

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0681 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00836%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0681	likely benign
REVEL	0.17	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.48	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 1.2	GERP 0.63, phastCons 0.55
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 125 kb · p 0.71 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.3	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 0.00836% Admixed American · 5/59,788 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00324% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00207%

Overall 0.00137% 20/1,460,840 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00836%	11,958
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,226
East Asian	0.00223%	44,874
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,998
European (non-Finnish)	0.000932%	107,243

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: DERA
Protein: p.Arg176Cys
Coding: c.526C>T
MANE Select: NM_015954
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:15982325 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.658 · pLI 0.34 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 95.99

Full DERA 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/dera-p-arg176cys (accessed [today's date]).

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