Is POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A) pathogenic?

POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A) is classified Uncertain significance in POLE (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-05-23). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9935); Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A)?

POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A) in the general population?

POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about POLE p.Ala503Asp (c.1508C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9935) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

POLE p.Ala503Asp

c.1508C>A · rs1565971932 · VCV1043172

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9935 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9935	likely pathogenic · top 7% in POLE
REVEL	0.57	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -14.09	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 23 kb · p 0.0025 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	28.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — 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 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,890 alleles

Overall 6.2e-05% 1/1,614,198 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,461,850 · genomes 0/152,348 · 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: POLE
Protein: p.Ala503Asp
Coding: c.1508C>A
MANE Select: NM_006231
dbSNP: rs1565971932
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:132672805 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.75 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.32 · 18 PDB
Residue 503: an α-helix

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

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

POLE p.Ala503Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Ala503= Likely benign ★ same residue
POLE c.1686+32C>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
POLE p.Leu424Val Pathogenic ★★ same condition
POLE c.1020+5G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
POLE c.1106+3G>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
POLE c.1106+4A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
POLE c.1226+3A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition

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/pole-p-ala503asp (accessed [today's date]).

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