Is MARK4 p.Arg577Trp (c.1729C>T) pathogenic?

MARK4 p.Arg577Trp (c.1729C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in MARK4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-15). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.348); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0199%, mid).

How common is MARK4 p.Arg577Trp (c.1729C>T) in the general population?

MARK4 p.Arg577Trp (c.1729C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0199%, mid) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about MARK4 p.Arg577Trp (c.1729C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.348) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

MARK4 p.Arg577Trp

c.1729C>T · rs763492742 · VCV3123684

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.348 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0199%, mid)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.348	ambiguous
REVEL	0.217	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.01	tolerated
⇒ REVEL and SaProt both call this tolerated; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.8	GERP -2.2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 24 kb · p 0.0023 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.9	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 0.0199% Middle Eastern · 1/5,022 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00828% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00772%

Overall 0.00811% 111/1,368,900 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 100/1,225,660 · genomes 11/143,240 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0199%	5,022
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00999%	10,012
European (non-Finnish)	0.0099%	10,102
African / African-American	0.00294%	33,999
Admixed American	0.00216%	46,268
South Asian	0.00124%	80,802

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: MARK4
Protein: p.Arg577Trp
Coding: c.1729C>T
MANE Select: NM_001199867
dbSNP: rs763492742
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:45297806 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.361 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 67.97 · 2 PDB
Residue 577: the 'disordered' region

Full MARK4 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/mark4-p-arg577trp (accessed [today's date]).

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