Is SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G) pathogenic?

SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in SLC19A2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2018-01-13). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1707); Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome.

What condition is associated with SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G)?

SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G) is associated with thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G) in the general population?

SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys (c.518C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1707) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

SLC19A2 p.Ser173Cys

Q: How is Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome inherited?

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

c.518C>G · rs758126745 · VCV876017

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1707 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1707	likely benign
REVEL	0.656	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.40	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and SaProt do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 8.7	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 20 kb · p 0.054 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.6	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 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,034 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000247% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000159%

Overall 0.000496% 8/1,614,208 alleles · very rare exomes 8/1,461,894 · genomes 0/152,314 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	75,034
European (non-Finnish)	0.000593%	168,578

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: SLC19A2
Protein: p.Ser173Cys
Coding: c.518C>G
MANE Select: NM_006996
dbSNP: rs758126745
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:169477444 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.852 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.99 · 2 PDB
Residue 173: an α-helix

Full SLC19A2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood

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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/slc19a2-p-ser173cys (accessed [today's date]).

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