Is MBD5 p.Pro508= (c.1524T>A) pathogenic?

MBD5 p.Pro508= (c.1524T>A) is classified Likely benign in MBD5 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-11-03). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1.

What condition is associated with MBD5 p.Pro508= (c.1524T>A)?

MBD5 p.Pro508= (c.1524T>A) is associated with intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1 (ClinVar).

How common is MBD5 p.Pro508= (c.1524T>A) in the general population?

MBD5 p.Pro508= (c.1524T>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

MBD5 p.Pro508=

c.1524T>A · rs773043343 · VCV703498

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.039	moderately benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.1	GERP 1.2, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	10.9	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,922 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000688% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000539%

Overall 0.000929% 15/1,613,776 alleles · very rare exomes 13/1,461,610 · genomes 2/152,166 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,922
European (non-Finnish)	0.00119%	84,282

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: MBD5
Protein: p.Pro508=
Coding: c.1524T>A
MANE Select: NM_001378120
dbSNP: rs773043343
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:148469467 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.161 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 43.20
Residue 508: the 'disordered' region

Full MBD5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1 — 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/mbd5-p-pro508 (accessed [today's date]).

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