Is POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G) pathogenic?

POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in POLE (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 7 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-02). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1033); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.015%, amr); Associated with colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 12.

What condition is associated with POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G)?

POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G) is associated with colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 12, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G) in the general population?

POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.015%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about POLE p.Pro1549Arg (c.4646C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1033) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

POLE p.Pro1549Arg

c.4646C>G · rs577952179 · VCV473681

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 7 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1033 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.015%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 12

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1033	likely benign
REVEL	0.07	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -7.48	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.3	GERP 1.6, phastCons 0.99
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 36 kb · p 0.001 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	12.88	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.015% Admixed American · 9/59,928 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00774% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00579%

Overall 0.000992% 16/1,613,712 alleles · ultra-rare exomes 14/1,461,360 · genomes 2/152,352 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.015%	6,659
African / African-American	0.00133%	75,032
South Asian	0.0011%	91,044
European (non-Finnish)	0.000424%	235,975

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.Pro1549Arg
Coding: c.4646C>G
MANE Select: NM_006231
dbSNP: rs577952179
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:132642902 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.75 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.32 · 18 PDB
Residue 1549: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in imagei)

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

Disease context

colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 12 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Similar variants

POLE p.Pro1549= Likely benign ★★ same residue
POLE p.Pro1549Ala Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Pro1549His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Pro1549Leu Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Pro1549Ser Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Pro1549Thr Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE c.1686+32C>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
POLE c.5678+1G>T Pathogenic ★★ 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-pro1549arg (accessed [today's date]).

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