Is ELMOD3 p.Asp188Asn (c.562G>A) pathogenic?

ELMOD3 p.Asp188Asn (c.562G>A) is classified Benign/Likely benign in ELMOD3 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 5 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-27). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1157); Low-frequency (popmax 1.9%, afr).

How common is ELMOD3 p.Asp188Asn (c.562G>A) in the general population?

ELMOD3 p.Asp188Asn (c.562G>A) is low-frequency (popmax 1.9%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ELMOD3 p.Asp188Asn (c.562G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1157) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ELMOD3 p.Asp188Asn

c.562G>A · rs116470781 · VCV770506

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 5 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1157 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

low-frequency (popmax 1.9%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1157	likely benign
REVEL	0.153	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.51	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 7.5	GERP 0.52, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.87	unconstrained · MANE · 34 kb · p 0.0055 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.5	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 1.9% African / African-American · 1,429/75,048 alleles

Filtering AF 1.82% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.79%

Overall 0.0987% 1,593/1,614,208 alleles · low-frequency

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	1.9%	53
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.123%	812
Admixed American	0.0883%	1,133
Middle Eastern	0.066%	1,516
South Asian	0.00878%	11,385
European (non-Finnish)	0.00186%	53,638

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: ELMOD3
Protein: p.Asp188Asn
Coding: c.562G>A
MANE Select: NM_001135022
dbSNP: rs116470781
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:85371517 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.021 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.18
Residue 188: the elmo domain

Full ELMOD3 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/elmod3-p-asp188asn (accessed [today's date]).

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