Is ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A) pathogenic?

ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in ELANE (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-21). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1152); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.064%, afr); Associated with neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant.

What condition is associated with ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A)?

ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A) is associated with neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant, cyclic neutropenia (ClinVar).

How common is ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A) in the general population?

ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.064%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ELANE p.Arg144His (c.431G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1152) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ELANE p.Arg144His

Q: How is Autosomal dominant severe congenital neutropenia inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.431G>A · rs142441575 · VCV242281

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1152 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.064%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1152	likely benign
REVEL	0.194	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -10.17	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and REVEL do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2	GERP 2.1, phastCons 0.009
Regional constraint	o/e 1.04	unconstrained · MANE · 3,171 bp · p 0.52 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	13.45	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 0.064% African / African-American · 48/75,038 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0495% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0444%

Overall 0.00411% 66/1,604,506 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.064%	1,563
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00481%	20,809
East Asian	0.00446%	22,436
South Asian	0.0022%	45,531
European (non-Finnish)	0.000932%	107,257

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: ELANE
Protein: p.Arg144His
Coding: c.431G>A
MANE Select: NM_001972
dbSNP: rs142441575
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:855628 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.245 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.42 · 38 PDB
Residue 144: an α-helix; the peptidase s1 domain

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

Disease context

neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: cyclic neutropenia

For Autosomal dominant severe congenital neutropenia (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

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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/elane-p-arg144his (accessed [today's date]).

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