Is DNMT3A p.Arg318Gln (c.953G>A) pathogenic?

DNMT3A p.Arg318Gln (c.953G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in DNMT3A (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-12-16). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.8994); Very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr).

How common is DNMT3A p.Arg318Gln (c.953G>A) in the general population?

DNMT3A p.Arg318Gln (c.953G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DNMT3A p.Arg318Gln (c.953G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.8994) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DNMT3A p.Arg318Gln

c.953G>A · VCV3365917

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.8994 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.8994	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.434	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -14.78	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 4.9	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.11	constrained · MANE · 33 bp · p 0.00017 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	33.0	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 0.00167% Admixed American · 1/60,004 alleles

Overall 0.000657% 1/152,212 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: DNMT3A
Protein: p.Arg318Gln
Coding: c.953G>A
MANE Select: NM_022552
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:25247652 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.998 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.97 · 47 PDB
Residue 318: the pwwp domain; the 'interaction with dnmt1 and dnmt3b' region

Full DNMT3A gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

DNMT3A p.Arg318= Likely benign same residue
DNMT3A c.1667+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
DNMT3A c.1937-2A>G Pathogenic ★★ same type
DNMT3A c.2478+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
DNMT3A c.2479-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
DNMT3A p.Arg143Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
DNMT3A p.Arg301Trp Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
DNMT3A p.Arg320Ter 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/dnmt3a-p-arg318gln (accessed [today's date]).

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