Is ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A) pathogenic?

ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in ERF (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-09-05). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4675); Very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A)?

ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A) in the general population?

ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ERF p.Arg179His (c.536G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4675) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ERF p.Arg179His

c.536G>A · rs369984329 · VCV3026225

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4675 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00801%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4675	ambiguous
REVEL	0.037	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.38	tolerated
⇒ REVEL and SaProt both call this tolerated; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.9	GERP 0.55, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 1,421 bp · p 0.024 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.6	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 0.00801% African / African-American · 6/74,894 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00347% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00229%

Overall 0.000992% 16/1,613,356 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00801%	12,482
East Asian	0.00223%	44,886
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,464
South Asian	0.0011%	91,086
European (non-Finnish)	0.000593%	168,568

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: ERF
Protein: p.Arg179His
Coding: c.536G>A
MANE Select: NM_006494
dbSNP: rs369984329
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:42249576 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 55.46 · 2 PDB

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

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/erf-p-arg179his (accessed [today's date]).

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