Is DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T) pathogenic?

DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in DONSON (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-12-02). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.18); Very rare (popmax 0.00412%, nfe); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T)?

DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T) in the general population?

DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00412%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DONSON p.Arg29Cys (c.85C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.18) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DONSON p.Arg29Cys

c.85C>T · rs1011061844 · VCV1907446

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.18 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00412%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.18	likely benign
REVEL	0.064	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.76	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 3.7	GERP 3.6, phastCons 0.9
Regional constraint	o/e 1.00	unconstrained · MANE · 10 kb · p 0.95 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	19.7	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 0.00412% European (non-Finnish) · 41/996,236 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00306% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00276%

Overall 0.00353% 44/1,247,364 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00651%	15,361
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00412%	24,298

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: DONSON
Protein: p.Arg29Cys
Coding: c.85C>T
MANE Select: NM_017613
dbSNP: rs1011061844
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr21:33588557 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.918 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 72.94
Residue 29: the 'disordered' region

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

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

DONSON p.Arg442Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DONSON p.Gln428Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DONSON p.Ala32Gly Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
DONSON p.Ala429Glu Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
DONSON p.Arg162Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
DONSON p.Arg234His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
DONSON p.Arg239Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
DONSON p.Arg385His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition

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/donson-p-arg29cys (accessed [today's date]).

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