Is POLE p.Arg260= (c.780A>C) pathogenic?

POLE p.Arg260= (c.780A>C) is classified Likely benign in POLE (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-09). Very rare (popmax 0.000254%, nfe); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with POLE p.Arg260= (c.780A>C)?

POLE p.Arg260= (c.780A>C) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is POLE p.Arg260= (c.780A>C) in the general population?

POLE p.Arg260= (c.780A>C) is very rare (popmax 0.000254%, nfe) (gnomAD).

POLE p.Arg260=

c.780A>C · rs1555229573 · VCV484469

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000254%, nfe)

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

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 -3.4	GERP -0.52
Overall
CADD	5.661	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000254% European (non-Finnish) · 3/1,179,944 alleles

Filtering AF 6.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%

Overall 0.000186% 3/1,614,110 alleles · very rare exomes 3/1,461,768 · genomes 0/152,342 · 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.Arg260=
Coding: c.780A>C
MANE Select: NM_006231
dbSNP: rs1555229573
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:132677384 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.75 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.32 · 18 PDB
Residue 260: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in); a β-strand

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.Arg260Gln Benign/Likely benign ★★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Arg260Ter Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue
POLE p.Arg260Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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

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-arg260 (accessed [today's date]).

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