Is EEFSEC p.Arg556Leu (c.1667G>T) pathogenic?

EEFSEC p.Arg556Leu (c.1667G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in EEFSEC (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-06-07). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1563); Very rare (popmax 0.0055%, sas).

How common is EEFSEC p.Arg556Leu (c.1667G>T) in the general population?

EEFSEC p.Arg556Leu (c.1667G>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0055%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EEFSEC p.Arg556Leu (c.1667G>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1563) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EEFSEC p.Arg556Leu

c.1667G>T · rs200217143 · VCV2558749

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1563 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0055%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1563	likely benign
REVEL	0.022	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.28	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	GERP -2.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 255 kb · p 0.039 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	17.74	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 0.0055% South Asian · 5/90,828 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00211% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00137%

Overall 0.000343% 5/1,459,250 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: EEFSEC
Protein: p.Arg556Leu
Coding: c.1667G>T
MANE Select: NM_021937
dbSNP: rs200217143
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:128408135 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.345 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.98 · 4 PDB
Residue 556: a modified residue (omega-n-methylarginine); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in nedpsb; likely pathogenic; decreased selenocysteine incorporation in selenoproteins); the 'disordered' region

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

Similar variants

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EEFSEC p.Phe463Leu Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
EEFSEC p.Ala435Val Benign ★★ same type
EEFSEC p.Phe581Cys Benign ★★ same type
EEFSEC p.Pro180= Benign ★★ same type
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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/eefsec-p-arg556leu (accessed [today's date]).

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