Is MPL p.Arg525= (c.1573A>C) pathogenic?

MPL p.Arg525= (c.1573A>C) is classified Likely benign in MPL (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-05-13). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0227%, afr); Associated with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia.

What condition is associated with MPL p.Arg525= (c.1573A>C)?

MPL p.Arg525= (c.1573A>C) is associated with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, essential thrombocythemia (ClinVar).

How common is MPL p.Arg525= (c.1573A>C) in the general population?

MPL p.Arg525= (c.1573A>C) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0227%, afr) (gnomAD).

MPL p.Arg525=

c.1573A>C · rs143100182 · VCV1142589

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0227%, afr)

Conditions

congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia

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 6.8	GERP 1.4, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	14.48	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0227% African / African-American · 17/74,846 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0144% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0119%

Overall 0.00105% 17/1,612,838 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 9/1,460,780 · genomes 8/152,058 · joint denominator

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: MPL
Protein: p.Arg525=
Coding: c.1573A>C
MANE Select: NM_005373
dbSNP: rs143100182
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:43352223 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.022 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.44 · 1 PDB

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

Disease context

congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: essential thrombocythemia

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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/mpl-p-arg525 (accessed [today's date]).

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