Is DROSHA p.Pro779= (c.2337T>C) pathogenic?

DROSHA p.Pro779= (c.2337T>C) is classified Likely benign in DROSHA (ClinVar, No assertion criteria, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-08-03). Rare (popmax 0.471%, eas); Associated with DROSHA-related disorder.

What condition is associated with DROSHA p.Pro779= (c.2337T>C)?

DROSHA p.Pro779= (c.2337T>C) is associated with DROSHA-related disorder (ClinVar).

How common is DROSHA p.Pro779= (c.2337T>C) in the general population?

DROSHA p.Pro779= (c.2337T>C) is rare (popmax 0.471%, eas) (gnomAD).

DROSHA p.Pro779=

c.2337T>C · rs138703401 · VCV3043211

Likely benign No assertion criteria

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

No assertion criteria ☆☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.471%, eas)

Conditions

DROSHA-related disorder

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.4	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	10.8	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.471% East Asian · 211/44,830 alleles

Filtering AF 0.419% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.399%

Overall 0.0152% 245/1,611,754 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.471%	212
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0256%	3,901
South Asian	0.0199%	5,013

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: DROSHA
Protein: p.Pro779=
Coding: c.2337T>C
MANE Select: NM_001382508
dbSNP: rs138703401
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:31467968 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.39 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 70.94 · 12 PDB
Residue 779: the 'necessary for interaction with dgcr8 and pri-mirna processing activity' region

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

Disease context

DROSHA-related disorder

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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/drosha-p-pro779 (accessed [today's date]).

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