Is PPP2CA p.Arg185Cys (c.553C>T) pathogenic?

PPP2CA p.Arg185Cys (c.553C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in PPP2CA (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-05-22). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.991); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is PPP2CA p.Arg185Cys (c.553C>T) in the general population?

PPP2CA p.Arg185Cys (c.553C>T) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PPP2CA p.Arg185Cys (c.553C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.991) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PPP2CA p.Arg185Cys

c.553C>T · rs2149383151 · VCV1521789

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.991 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.991	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.65	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -12.98	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 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.14	constrained · MANE · 4,233 bp · p 7.9e-44 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	34.0	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.

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: PPP2CA
Protein: p.Arg185Cys
Coding: c.553C>T
MANE Select: NM_002715
dbSNP: rs2149383151
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:134201008 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.315 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 94.86 · 50 PDB
Residue 185: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in hjs3; may be expressed at very low levels, if any)

Full PPP2CA 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/ppp2ca-p-arg185cys (accessed [today's date]).

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