Is MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T) pathogenic?

MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T) is classified Likely benign in MBD5 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-08-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.3249); Very rare (popmax 0.00334%, amr); Associated with intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1.

What condition is associated with MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T)?

MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T) is associated with intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1 (ClinVar).

How common is MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T) in the general population?

MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00334%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about MBD5 p.Pro71Ser (c.211C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.3249) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

MBD5 p.Pro71Ser

c.211C>T · rs770840755 · VCV1531580

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.3249 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00334%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 1

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3249	likely benign
REVEL	0.138	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -1.31	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.55	unconstrained · MANE · 5,084 bp · p 3.1e-07 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.8	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 0.00334% Admixed American · 2/59,936 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000554% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000207%

Overall 0.000251% 4/1,591,520 alleles · very rare exomes 4/1,439,510 · genomes 0/152,010 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00334%	29,968
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00162%	61,708
South Asian	0.0011%	90,600

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.Pro71Ser
Coding: c.211C>T
MANE Select: NM_001378120
dbSNP: rs770840755
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:148462679 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.161 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 43.20
Residue 71: the mbd domain

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-pro71ser (accessed [today's date]).

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