Is DRD4 p.Pro260Leu (c.779C>T) pathogenic?

DRD4 p.Pro260Leu (c.779C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in DRD4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-29). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0943); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is DRD4 p.Pro260Leu (c.779C>T) in the general population?

DRD4 p.Pro260Leu (c.779C>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DRD4 p.Pro260Leu (c.779C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0943) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DRD4 p.Pro260Leu

c.779C>T · VCV4244798

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0943 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0943	likely benign
REVEL	0.034	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.94	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 -1.8	GERP -1.8
Regional constraint	o/e 1.44	unconstrained · MANE · 3,295 bp · p 6.5e-29 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	8.895	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: DRD4
Protein: p.Pro260Leu
Coding: c.779C>T
MANE Select: NM_000797
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:640028 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.952 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.06 · 2 PDB
Residue 260: the 'disordered' region; the '4 x 16 aa approximate tandem repeats of [pa]-a-p-g-l-p-[pqr]-[dg]-p-c-g-p-d-c-a-p' region

Full DRD4 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/drd4-p-pro260leu (accessed [today's date]).

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