Is POLL p.Arg485Trp (c.1453C>T) pathogenic?

POLL p.Arg485Trp (c.1453C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in POLL (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-11-20). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.107); Very rare (popmax 0.00668%, afr).

How common is POLL p.Arg485Trp (c.1453C>T) in the general population?

POLL p.Arg485Trp (c.1453C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00668%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about POLL p.Arg485Trp (c.1453C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.107) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

POLL p.Arg485Trp

c.1453C>T · rs140396238 · VCV2394340

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.107 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00668%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.107	likely benign
REVEL	0.23	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.86	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and REVEL do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6.5	GERP 0.22, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.86	unconstrained · MANE · 7,904 bp · p 0.00011 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.2	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 0.00668% African / African-American · 5/74,906 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00255% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00161%

Overall 0.00235% 38/1,613,626 alleles · very rare exomes 32/1,461,514 · genomes 6/152,112 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00668%	14,981
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,237
European (non-Finnish)	0.00254%	39,333
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00157%	63,712

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: POLL
Protein: p.Arg485Trp
Coding: c.1453C>T
MANE Select: NM_001174084
dbSNP: rs140396238
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:101579728 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.963 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.90 · 97 PDB
Residue 485: the 'dna-binding' region; an α-helix

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

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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/poll-p-arg485trp (accessed [today's date]).

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