Is ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G) pathogenic?

ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in ESPN (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-03-31). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.3315); Very rare (popmax 8.69e-05%, nfe); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G)?

ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G) in the general population?

ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G) is very rare (popmax 8.69e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about ESPN p.Gln181Glu (c.541C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.3315) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

ESPN p.Gln181Glu

c.541C>G · VCV4019775

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.3315 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.69e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3315	likely benign
REVEL	0.293	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -12.46	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.4	GERP 1.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 21 kb · p 0.002 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.2	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 8.69e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,151,202 alleles

Overall 7.11e-05% 1/1,405,962 alleles · very rare

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: ESPN
Protein: p.Gln181Glu
Coding: c.541C>G
MANE Select: NM_031475
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:6440306 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.307 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 68.76

Full ESPN 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/espn-p-gln181glu (accessed [today's date]).

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