Is MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) pathogenic?

MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) is classified Likely benign in MAP1B (ClinVar, Single submitter, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-01-03). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0766); Rare (popmax 0.384%, afr); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A)?

MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) in the general population?

MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A) is rare (popmax 0.384%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln (c.3236G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0766) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

MAP1B p.Arg1079Gln

c.3236G>A · rs35910899 · VCV3047816

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0766 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.384%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0766	likely benign
REVEL	0.073	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -5.75	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 -0.57	GERP -3.6
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 5,330 bp · p 1.3e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	15.39	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 0.384% African / African-American · 288/75,044 alleles

Filtering AF 0.347% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.333%

Overall 0.024% 387/1,613,806 alleles · rare exomes 204/1,461,532 · genomes 183/152,274 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.384%	261
Admixed American	0.0467%	2,143
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.024%	4,167
Middle Eastern	0.0165%	6,062
South Asian	0.0154%	6,505
European (non-Finnish)	0.00347%	28,781

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: MAP1B
Protein: p.Arg1079Gln
Coding: c.3236G>A
MANE Select: NM_005909
dbSNP: rs35910899
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:72196591 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.105 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 46.18
Residue 1079: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pvnh9); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pvnh9; no effect on protein expression); the 'disordered' region

Full MAP1B 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

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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/map1b-p-arg1079gln (accessed [today's date]).

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