Is ERCC3 p.Arg234Ter (c.700C>T) pathogenic?

ERCC3 p.Arg234Ter (c.700C>T) is classified Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic in ERCC3 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-16). Very rare (popmax 0.00935%, afr).

How common is ERCC3 p.Arg234Ter (c.700C>T) in the general population?

ERCC3 p.Arg234Ter (c.700C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00935%, afr) (gnomAD).

ERCC3 p.Arg234Ter

c.700C>T · VCV4800310

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

Consequence

nonsense (stop-gain)

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00935%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Consequence	nonsense (stop-gain)	predicted loss-of-function
NMD	predicted	premature termination codon in exon 6 of 15
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 9.9	GERP 2.7, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	43.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00935% African / African-American · 7/74,866 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00438% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00309%

Overall 0.00136% 22/1,612,708 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00935%	10,695
East Asian	0.00223%	44,892
South Asian	0.0022%	45,506
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,000
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,358
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	64,028
European (non-Finnish)	0.000763%	131,109

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: ERCC3
Protein: p.Arg234Ter
Coding: c.700C>T
MANE Select: NM_000122
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:127289459 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.797 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.34 · 56 PDB
Residue 234: the 'disordered' region

Full ERCC3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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ERCC3 c.657+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
ERCC3 p.Arg109Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
ERCC3 p.Arg195Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
ERCC3 p.Arg425Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
ERCC3 p.Arg452Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type

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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/ercc3-p-arg234ter (accessed [today's date]).

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