Is EMC8 p.Val88Met (c.262G>A) pathogenic?

EMC8 p.Val88Met (c.262G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in EMC8 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-03). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2839); Very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr).

How common is EMC8 p.Val88Met (c.262G>A) in the general population?

EMC8 p.Val88Met (c.262G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EMC8 p.Val88Met (c.262G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2839) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EMC8 p.Val88Met

c.262G>A · VCV4017729

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2839 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2839	likely benign
REVEL	0.134	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.18	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 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 20 kb · p 0.73 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	29.4	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 0.00333% Admixed American · 2/60,004 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00111% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0009%

Overall 0.00143% 23/1,613,714 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00333%	30,002
European (non-Finnish)	0.0017%	58,987
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,476

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: EMC8
Protein: p.Val88Met
Coding: c.262G>A
MANE Select: NM_006067
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:85789020 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.915 · pLI 0.02 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 91.60 · 9 PDB
Residue 88: the mpn domain; a β-strand

Full EMC8 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/emc8-p-val88met (accessed [today's date]).

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