MESP2 p.Arg238=
c.714G>A · rs998503811 · VCV2704466
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)
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 0.18 | GERP -2.5, phastCons 0.001 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 5.378 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0011%
South Asian · 1/90,822 alleles
Overall
0.000124%
2/1,611,098 alleles · very rare
exomes 2/1,458,752 · genomes 0/152,346 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| South Asiangrpmax | 0.0011% | 90,822 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 8.48e-05% | 1,179,368 |
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
- MESP2
- Protein
- p.Arg238=
- Coding
- c.714G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001039958
- dbSNP
- rs998503811
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr15:89777071 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.656 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 54.92
- Residue 238
- the 'disordered' region
Similar variants
- MESP2 p.Arg238Ser Likely benign ★ same residue
- MESP2 p.Gly77Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MESP2 p.Gly81Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MESP2 p.Ser39Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MESP2 p.Ser42Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MESP2 p.Ser4Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- MESP2 c.*107T>C Uncertain significance ★★ same type
- MESP2 p.Ala360Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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/mesp2-p-arg238 (accessed [today's date]).
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