Is TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T) pathogenic?

TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in TONSL (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-10-22). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1141); Very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T)?

TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T) in the general population?

TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about TONSL p.Arg1163Cys (c.3487C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1141) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

TONSL p.Arg1163Cys

c.3487C>T · rs781935858 · VCV1360972

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1141 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1141	likely benign
REVEL	0.119	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.53	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	Δ0.33	acceptor gain · deltas
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.1	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.01	unconstrained · MANE · 15 kb · p 0.67 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	32.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — 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

Grpmax group 0.00439% South Asian · 4/91,078 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00143% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000891%

Overall 0.000744% 12/1,613,124 alleles · very rare exomes 11/1,460,874 · genomes 1/152,250 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00439%	22,769
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,944
European (non-Finnish)	0.000593%	168,568

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: TONSL
Protein: p.Arg1163Cys
Coding: c.3487C>T
MANE Select: NM_013432
dbSNP: rs781935858
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:144433660 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.024 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.06 · 3 PDB
Residue 1163: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in semdsp; disease phenotype includes immunologic and hematologic abnormalities); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in semdsp); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in semdsp; disease phenotype includes primary aphakia and absent pupils)

Full TONSL 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

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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/tonsl-p-arg1163cys (accessed [today's date]).

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