Is SIM1 p.Arg53Lys (c.158G>A) pathogenic?

SIM1 p.Arg53Lys (c.158G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in SIM1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-01-22). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.8368); Very rare (popmax 8.49e-05%, nfe).

How common is SIM1 p.Arg53Lys (c.158G>A) in the general population?

SIM1 p.Arg53Lys (c.158G>A) is very rare (popmax 8.49e-05%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about SIM1 p.Arg53Lys (c.158G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.8368) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

SIM1 p.Arg53Lys

c.158G>A · rs2114562279 · VCV1312634

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.8368 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 8.49e-05%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL indeterminate

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.8368	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.367	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -9.05	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL is indeterminate.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 2.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.97	unconstrained · MANE · 13 kb · p 0.75 · 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 8.49e-05% European (non-Finnish) · 1/1,178,420 alleles

Overall 6.2e-05% 1/1,612,182 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,459,878 · genomes 0/152,304 · joint denominator

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: SIM1
Protein: p.Arg53Lys
Coding: c.158G>A
MANE Select: NM_005068
dbSNP: rs2114562279
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:100463311 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.332 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.70
Residue 53: the bhlh domain

Full SIM1 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/sim1-p-arg53lys (accessed [today's date]).

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