Is ELFN2 p.Arg246Gln (c.737G>A) pathogenic?

ELFN2 p.Arg246Gln (c.737G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ELFN2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-10-12). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0846); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0247%, nfe).

How common is ELFN2 p.Arg246Gln (c.737G>A) in the general population?

ELFN2 p.Arg246Gln (c.737G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0247%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ELFN2 p.Arg246Gln (c.737G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0846) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ELFN2 p.Arg246Gln

c.737G>A · rs373976213 · VCV3088285

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0846 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0247%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0846	likely benign
REVEL	0.156	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -4.55	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 7.6	GERP 0.79, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.66	unconstrained · MANE · 1,131 bp · p 4.2e-15 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.6	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 0.0247% European (non-Finnish) · 291/1,179,326 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0223% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0214%

Overall 0.019% 305/1,607,080 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.0247%	4,053
Admixed American	0.00667%	14,993
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00641%	15,601
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,568
South Asian	0.0033%	30,348
African / African-American	0.00267%	37,455

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: ELFN2
Protein: p.Arg246Gln
Coding: c.737G>A
MANE Select: NM_052906
dbSNP: rs373976213
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:37374798 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.566 · pLI 0.72 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 61.79
Residue 246: the lrrct domain

Full ELFN2 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/elfn2-p-arg246gln (accessed [today's date]).

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