Is GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G) pathogenic?

GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in GLIS2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-06-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2365); Very rare (popmax 0.00246%, nfe); Associated with nephronophthisis 7.

What condition is associated with GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G)?

GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G) is associated with nephronophthisis 7 (ClinVar).

How common is GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G) in the general population?

GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00246%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Nephronophthisis inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg (c.479C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2365) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

GLIS2 p.Pro160Arg

c.479C>G · rs747387534 · VCV885388

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2365 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00246%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

nephronophthisis 7

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2365	likely benign
REVEL	0.104	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.43	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 2,809 bp · p 0.37 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.3	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00246% European (non-Finnish) · 29/1,180,030 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00172% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00149%

Overall 0.0018% 29/1,613,172 alleles · very rare exomes 29/1,460,870 · genomes 0/152,302 · 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: GLIS2
Protein: p.Pro160Arg
Coding: c.479C>G
MANE Select: NM_032575
dbSNP: rs747387534
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:4334934 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.637 · pLI 0.33 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 55.47
Residue 160: the 'transcription repression' region; the 'interaction with ctnnd1' region

Full GLIS2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

nephronophthisis 7 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Nephronophthisis (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Antenatal, Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Finland)

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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/glis2-p-pro160arg (accessed [today's date]).

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