Is MCM4 p.Arg319= (c.957C>T) pathogenic?

MCM4 p.Arg319= (c.957C>T) is classified Likely benign in MCM4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-18). Very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr).

How common is MCM4 p.Arg319= (c.957C>T) in the general population?

MCM4 p.Arg319= (c.957C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr) (gnomAD).

MCM4 p.Arg319=

c.957C>T · rs752362010 · VCV1951433

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -7.6	GERP -4.6
Overall
CADD	1.458	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00534% African / African-American · 4/74,936 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00175% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00104%

Overall 0.000991% 16/1,613,944 alleles · very rare exomes 14/1,461,738 · genomes 2/152,206 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00534%	18,734
South Asian	0.0022%	45,547
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,004
European (non-Finnish)	0.000763%	131,117

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: MCM4
Protein: p.Arg319=
Coding: c.957C>T
MANE Select: NM_182746
dbSNP: rs752362010
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:47966311 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.806 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 74.25 · 28 PDB
Residue 319: a β-strand

Full MCM4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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MCM4 c.*56G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same type
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MCM4 p.Ala436Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
MCM4 p.Ala668Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type

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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/mcm4-p-arg319 (accessed [today's date]).

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