Is EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A) pathogenic?

EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in EFEMP2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 5 submitters; last evaluated 2026-03-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0776); Very rare (popmax 0.00797%, nfe); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A)?

EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type 1B (ClinVar).

How common is EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A) in the general population?

EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00797%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EFEMP2 p.Arg185His (c.554G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0776) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EFEMP2 p.Arg185His

c.554G>A · rs143662598 · VCV646814

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 5 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0776 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00797%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0776	likely benign
REVEL	0.374	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.18	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.1	GERP 0.59, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.83	unconstrained · MANE · 5,433 bp · p 3.8e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.5	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 0.00797% European (non-Finnish) · 94/1,180,014 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00664% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00616%

Overall 0.00632% 102/1,613,658 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00797%	12,553
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0064%	15,614
African / African-American	0.00267%	37,450
South Asian	0.0022%	45,540

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.Arg185His
Coding: c.554G>A
MANE Select: NM_016938
dbSNP: rs143662598
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:65870174 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.56 · pLI 0.62 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.95 · 1 PDB
Residue 185: 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

Also linked: cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type 1B

Similar variants

EFEMP2 p.Arg185Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
EFEMP2 p.Arg279Cys Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Asp203Ala Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Glu126Lys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Glu161Lys Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition
EFEMP2 p.Glu167Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 c.161-6C>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
EFEMP2 c.491-5C>G 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-arg185his (accessed [today's date]).

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