Is HAL p.Arg56Ser (c.166C>A) pathogenic?

HAL p.Arg56Ser (c.166C>A) is classified Uncertain significance in HAL (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-05-30). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9408); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.012%, afr).

How common is HAL p.Arg56Ser (c.166C>A) in the general population?

HAL p.Arg56Ser (c.166C>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.012%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about HAL p.Arg56Ser (c.166C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9408) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

HAL p.Arg56Ser

c.166C>A · VCV3283435

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9408 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.012%, afr)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9408	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.716	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.21	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 9.8	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.95	unconstrained · MANE · 22 kb · p 0.18 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.6	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — 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 0.012% African / African-American · 9/74,942 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00623% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00467%

Overall 0.00062% 10/1,613,586 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 2/1,461,344 · genomes 8/152,242 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.012%	8,327
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,484

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: HAL
Protein: p.Arg56Ser
Coding: c.166C>A
MANE Select: NM_002108
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:95995745 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.213 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 90.83

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

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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/hal-p-arg56ser (accessed [today's date]).

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