Is PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G) pathogenic?

PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G) is classified Uncertain significance in PEX5 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-08-16). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0628); Very rare (popmax 0.0019%, afr); Associated with peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B.

What condition is associated with PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G)?

PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G) is associated with peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B (ClinVar).

How common is PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G) in the general population?

PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.0019%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PEX5 p.Gln537Arg (c.1610A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0628) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PEX5 p.Gln537Arg

c.1610A>G · rs1945296254 · VCV2193439

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0628 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0019%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0628	likely benign
REVEL	0.232	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -1.30	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 11	GERP -1.6, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	18.66	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0019% African / African-American · 1/52,604 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000132% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 9.6e-05%

Overall 0.000407% 6/1,474,872 alleles · very rare exomes 5/1,401,436 · genomes 1/73,436 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0019%	52,604
European (non-Finnish)	0.000452%	221,160

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: PEX5
Protein: p.Gln537Arg
Coding: c.1610A>G
MANE Select: NM_001351132
dbSNP: rs1945296254
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:7209732 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.768 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 70.28 · 11 PDB
Residue 537: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in pbd2b; impaired ability to mediate peroxisomal import of proteins containing both a c-terminal pts1- and pts2-type targeting signals)

Full PEX5 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

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PEX5 c.967-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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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/pex5-p-gln537arg (accessed [today's date]).

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