Is PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T) pathogenic?

PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in PRDM12 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2021-08-31). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.6713); Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T)?

PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases, congenital insensitivity to pain-hypohidrosis syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T) in the general population?

PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp (c.472C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.6713) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

PRDM12 p.Arg158Trp

c.472C>T · rs371786311 · VCV1357624

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.6713 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.6713	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.336	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -6.51	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.1	GERP 1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.86	unconstrained · MANE · 17 kb · p 0.0075 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	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

Grpmax group 0.0022% South Asian · 2/91,072 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000365% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000159%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,614,034 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,536
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,006
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,904
European (non-Finnish)	0.000593%	168,579

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: PRDM12
Protein: p.Arg158Trp
Coding: c.472C>T
MANE Select: NM_021619
dbSNP: rs371786311
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr9:130668215 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.153 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 64.81 · 1 PDB
Residue 158: the set domain

Full PRDM12 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: congenital insensitivity to pain-hypohidrosis syndrome

Similar variants

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PRDM12 p.Asn134Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
PRDM12 p.Asn141Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
PRDM12 p.Asn207Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
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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/prdm12-p-arg158trp (accessed [today's date]).

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