Is GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G) pathogenic?

GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G) is classified Pathogenic in GRIN2A (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2024-05-13). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9997); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G)?

GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases, Landau-Kleffner syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G) in the general population?

GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg (c.1655C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9997) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

GRIN2A p.Pro552Arg

c.1655C>G · rs397518450 · VCV39663

Pathogenic Multiple submitters

Classification

Pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9997 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9997	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 4% in GRIN2A
REVEL	0.664	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -15.86	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.37	unconstrained · MANE · 12 kb · p 4.2e-21 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	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: GRIN2A
Protein: p.Pro552Arg
Coding: c.1655C>G
MANE Select: NM_001134407
dbSNP: rs397518450
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr16:9834227 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.268 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.70 · 37 PDB
Residue 552: a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in schizophrenia; uncertain significance; loss of function in ion transmembrane transport; the channel is not activated by glutamate); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in fesd; no effect on localization to the cell membrane; results in substantial alterations of channel gating properties; changed glutamate-gated calcium ion channel activity characterized by increased glutamate and glycine potency with delay in rise time and slower deactivation time course)

Full GRIN2A 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

Also linked: Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Similar variants

GRIN2A p.Pro552Gln Likely pathogenic ★★ same residue
GRIN2A c.1007+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GRIN2A c.1007+1G>T Pathogenic ★★ same condition
GRIN2A c.1123-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GRIN2A c.1497+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GRIN2A c.2007+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GRIN2A c.2168+1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
GRIN2A c.415-2A>G Likely 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/grin2a-p-pro552arg (accessed [today's date]).

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