Is DUSP4 p.Pro246Arg (c.737C>G) pathogenic?

DUSP4 p.Pro246Arg (c.737C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in DUSP4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-01-19). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9267); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0167%, amr).

How common is DUSP4 p.Pro246Arg (c.737C>G) in the general population?

DUSP4 p.Pro246Arg (c.737C>G) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0167%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DUSP4 p.Pro246Arg (c.737C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9267) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DUSP4 p.Pro246Arg

c.737C>G · rs766869874 · VCV3086338

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9267 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0167%, amr)

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9267	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.87	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.67	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL call this damaging; SaProt does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 13 kb · p 0.014 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.7	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0167% Admixed American · 10/60,008 alleles

Filtering AF 0.009% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00681%

Overall 0.00062% 10/1,614,072 alleles · ultra-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: DUSP4
Protein: p.Pro246Arg
Coding: c.737C>G
MANE Select: NM_001394
dbSNP: rs766869874
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:29338344 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.808 · pLI 0.02 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.78 · 1 PDB
Residue 246: the tyrosine-protein phosphatase domain

Full DUSP4 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/dusp4-p-pro246arg (accessed [today's date]).

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