Is LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G) pathogenic?

LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in LIG4 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-27). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2863); Very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr); Associated with severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency.

How common is LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G) in the general population?

LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G) is very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2863) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

LIG4 p.Ile167Arg

Q: What condition is associated with LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G)?

LIG4 p.Ile167Arg (c.500T>G) is associated with severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency, DNA ligase IV deficiency (ClinVar).

Q: How is Severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency inherited?

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

c.500T>G · rs138021217 · VCV310992

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2863 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2863	likely benign
REVEL	0.128	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.01	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and REVEL do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 8	GERP 1.6, phastCons 0.97
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 1,395 bp · p 0.027 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.4	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

Grpmax group 0.005% Admixed American · 3/59,982 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00223% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00198%

Overall 0.014% 226/1,613,876 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.557%	179
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0352%	2,840
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.005%	19,994
European (non-Finnish)	0.00305%	32,777

Ashkenazi Jewish shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: LIG4
Protein: p.Ile167Arg
Coding: c.500T>G
MANE Select: NM_206937
dbSNP: rs138021217
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr13:108210769 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.043 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 88.44 · 32 PDB
Residue 167: an α-helix

Full LIG4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: DNA ligase IV deficiency

For Severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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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/lig4-p-ile167arg (accessed [today's date]).

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