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HBB p.Pro52=

c.156T>C · rs762111851 · VCV1111255

Likely benign Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0132%, sas)

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
ConservationphyloP -3.3GERP -3.7
Overall
CADD4.058PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group 0.0132% South Asian · 12/91,080 alleles
Filtering AF 0.00751% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00593%
Overall 0.000743% 12/1,614,148 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 12/1,461,878 · genomes 0/152,270 · 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
HBB
Protein
p.Pro52=
Coding
c.156T>C
MANE Select
NM_000518
dbSNP
rs762111851
Type
single nucleotide variant
Location
chr11:5226736 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint
LOEUF 1.964 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure
AlphaFold pLDDT 97.09 · 350 PDB
Residue 52
a UniProt-annotated variant site (in willamette; o(2) affinity up; unstable); an α-helix; the globin domain
Full HBB gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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/hbb-p-pro52 (accessed [today's date]).

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