Is PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T) pathogenic?

PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T) is classified Uncertain significance in PPARG (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-03-17). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9992); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy.

What condition is associated with PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T)?

PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T) is associated with PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T) in the general population?

PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about PPARG p.Arg138Ile (c.413G>T)?

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

PPARG p.Arg138Ile

c.413G>T · VCV4849219

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

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

Conditions

PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9992	likely pathogenic · top 8% in PPARG
REVEL	0.921	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -13.77	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, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.60	unconstrained · MANE · 53 kb · p 1.2e-17 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	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.

⚠ Isoform check: AlphaMissense numbered on a different transcript (AM R168I vs ClinVar R138I) — verify the residue.

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: PPARG
Protein: p.Arg138Ile
Coding: c.413G>T
MANE Select: NM_138711
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:12392636 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.628 · pLI 0.21 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.11 · 321 PDB
Residue 138: a DNA-binding region

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

Disease context

PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult

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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/pparg-p-arg138ile (accessed [today's date]).

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