Is GABBR2 p.Pro79= (c.237C>T) pathogenic?

GABBR2 p.Pro79= (c.237C>T) is classified Likely benign in GABBR2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-10-03). Very rare (popmax 0.000597%, nfe); Associated with Epileptic encephalopathy.

What condition is associated with GABBR2 p.Pro79= (c.237C>T)?

GABBR2 p.Pro79= (c.237C>T) is associated with Epileptic encephalopathy (ClinVar).

How common is GABBR2 p.Pro79= (c.237C>T) in the general population?

GABBR2 p.Pro79= (c.237C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000597%, nfe) (gnomAD).

GABBR2 p.Pro79=

c.237C>T · rs757037079 · VCV1160602

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000597%, nfe)

Conditions

Epileptic encephalopathy

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.47	GERP -1.7, phastCons 0.99
Overall
CADD	13.57	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000597% European (non-Finnish) · 7/1,172,698 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000248% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00016%

Overall 0.000438% 7/1,596,354 alleles · very rare exomes 7/1,444,078 · genomes 0/152,276 · joint denominator

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: GABBR2
Protein: p.Pro79=
Coding: c.237C>T
MANE Select: NM_005458
dbSNP: rs757037079
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:98708501 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.394 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.00 · 26 PDB
Residue 79: an α-helix

Full GABBR2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Epileptic encephalopathy — 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/gabbr2-p-pro79 (accessed [today's date]).

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