Is TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A) pathogenic?

TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in TONSL (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-18). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0777); Rare (popmax 0.548%, sas); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A)?

TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A) in the general population?

TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A) is rare (popmax 0.548%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about TONSL p.Arg579His (c.1736G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0777) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

TONSL p.Arg579His

c.1736G>A · rs567826472 · VCV1419466

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0777 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.548%, sas)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0777	likely benign
REVEL	0.214	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -10.92	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and REVEL do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.2	GERP -0.83, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.01	unconstrained · MANE · 15 kb · p 0.67 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.8	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 0.548% South Asian · 499/91,000 alleles

Filtering AF 0.509% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.493%

Overall 0.0339% 546/1,608,364 alleles · rare exomes 504/1,456,012 · genomes 42/152,352 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.548%	182
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0449%	2,229
East Asian	0.00669%	14,948
European (non-Finnish)	0.00136%	73,677

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.Arg579His
Coding: c.1736G>A
MANE Select: NM_013432
dbSNP: rs567826472
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr8:144436911 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.024 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.06 · 3 PDB
Residue 579: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in semdsp; disease phenotype includes immunologic and hematologic abnormalities); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in semdsp); an α-helix

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

Similar variants

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TONSL p.Ala1065Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
TONSL p.Ala1093Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
TONSL p.Ala1200Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
TONSL p.Ala215Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
TONSL p.Ala232Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
TONSL p.Ala331Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition

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-arg579his (accessed [today's date]).

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