Is FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G) pathogenic?

FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G) is classified Pathogenic in FUS (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-05-09). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.7761); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 6.

What condition is associated with FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G)?

FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G) is associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 6, tremor, hereditary essential, 4 (ClinVar).

How common is FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G) in the general population?

FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about FUS p.Arg514Gly (c.1540A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.7761) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

FUS p.Arg514Gly

Q: How is Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.1540A>G · rs1555509609 · VCV2925592

Pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.7761 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 6

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.7761	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar
REVEL	0.782	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.28	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL call this damaging; SaProt does not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.3	GERP 0.85, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.80	unconstrained · MANE · 644 bp · p 0.025 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	29.6	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: FUS
Protein: p.Arg514Gly
Coding: c.1540A>G
MANE Select: NM_004960
dbSNP: rs1555509609
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:31191109 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.104 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 54.96 · 23 PDB
Residue 514: an α-helix; the 'disordered' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in als6)

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

Disease context

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 6 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: tremor, hereditary essential, 4

For Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult

Similar variants

FUS p.Arg514Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
FUS p.Arg514Ser Pathogenic ★ ⚠ same residue
FUS p.Arg514Trp Likely pathogenic ★ same residue
FUS p.Arg481Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
FUS p.Arg495Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
FUS p.Arg521Cys Pathogenic ★★ same condition
FUS p.Arg521Gly Pathogenic ★★ same condition
FUS p.Arg521His Pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same condition

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/fus-p-arg514gly (accessed [today's date]).

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