Is EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G) pathogenic?

EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in EFEMP2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-12-21). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.6818); Very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G)?

EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G) in the general population?

EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly (c.526C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.6818) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EFEMP2 p.Arg176Gly

c.526C>G · rs773297046 · VCV3226932

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.6818 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.6818	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.558	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.13	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.5	GERP 0.72, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.83	unconstrained · MANE · 5,433 bp · p 3.8e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.4	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 0.00167% Admixed American · 1/60,024 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,410 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: EFEMP2
Protein: p.Arg176Gly
Coding: c.526C>G
MANE Select: NM_016938
dbSNP: rs773297046
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:65870202 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.56 · pLI 0.62 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.95 · 1 PDB
Residue 176: a disulfide bond; the egf-like 3; calcium-binding domain

Full EFEMP2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

EFEMP2 p.Arg176His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
EFEMP2 p.Arg176Cys Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
EFEMP2 p.Glu167Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 c.608-3C>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Ala103Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Ala291Gly Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Ala85Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Ala86Thr 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/efemp2-p-arg176gly (accessed [today's date]).

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