Is POLE p.Ser297Phe (c.890C>T) pathogenic?

POLE p.Ser297Phe (c.890C>T) is classified Likely pathogenic in POLE (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-10-18). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9992); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is POLE p.Ser297Phe (c.890C>T) in the general population?

POLE p.Ser297Phe (c.890C>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about POLE p.Ser297Phe (c.890C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9992) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

POLE p.Ser297Phe

c.890C>T · rs2136015595 · VCV2769715

Likely pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9992 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9992	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 1% in POLE
REVEL	0.799	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -15.21	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 23 kb · p 0.0025 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	33.0	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: POLE
Protein: p.Ser297Phe
Coding: c.890C>T
MANE Select: NM_006231
dbSNP: rs2136015595
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:132676565 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.75 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.32 · 18 PDB
Residue 297: a β-strand

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

Similar variants

POLE p.Ser297Cys Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
POLE p.Ser297= Likely benign ★ same residue
POLE c.1686+32C>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
POLE c.3276-1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
POLE c.5678+1G>T Pathogenic ★★ same type
POLE p.Gln1763Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
POLE p.Leu424Val Pathogenic ★★ same type
POLE p.Pro436Ser Likely pathogenic ★★ ⚠ same type

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-ser297phe (accessed [today's date]).

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