Is TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A) pathogenic?

TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A) is classified Benign in TP53 (ClinVar, Expert panel, 8 submitters; last evaluated 2025-01-16). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0961); Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas); Associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

What condition is associated with TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A)?

TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A) is associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A) in the general population?

TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Li-Fraumeni syndrome inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about TP53 p.Pro72His (c.215C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0961) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

TP53 p.Pro72His

c.215C>A · rs1042522 · VCV185120

Benign Expert panel

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Expert panel ★★★☆

ClinVar · 8 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0961 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Li-Fraumeni syndrome

ClinGen expert panel — TP53 VCEP

Benign for Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Applied ACMG criteria (verbatim):

PM2_Supporting BS2_Moderate BS3 BP4_Moderate

Curation rationale (ClinGen, verbatim)

The NM_000546.6: c.215C>A variant in TP53 is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of proline by histidine at amino acid 72 (p.Pro72His). This variant has been observed in 4-7 heterozygous unrelated females from the same data source with no personal history of cancer prior to age 60 years and no personal history of sarcoma at any age (BS2_Moderate; Internal lab contributor: LabCorp Genetics). This variant has an allele frequency of 0.00002197 (2/91052 alleles) in the South Asian population in gnomAD v4.1.0 which is lower than the Clingen TP53 VCEP threshold (<0.00004) for PM2_Supporting, and therefore meets this criterion (PM2_Supporting). In vitro assays performed in yeast and/or human cell lines showed functional transactivation and retained growth suppression activity indicating that this variant does not impact protein function (BS3; PMIDs: 12826609, 29979965, 30224644). Computational predictor scores (BayesDel = -0.1017; Align GVGD Class C0) are below the recommended thresholds (BayesDel ≤ -0.008 and an Align GVGD Class ≤ 55), evidence that does not predict a damaging effect on TP53 via protein change. SpliceAI predicts that the variant has no impact on splicing. (BP4_Moderate). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Benign for Li Fraumeni syndrome based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen TP53 VCEP: BS2_Moderate, PM2_Supporting, BS3, BP4_Moderate. (Bayesian Points: -7; VCEP specifications version 2.0; 1/16/2025)

ClinGen Evidence Repository → · reported verbatim, not re-tallied by Sugi Variant.

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0961	likely benign
REVEL	0.352	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -10.61	damaging
⇒ SaProt calls this damaging; AlphaMissense does not; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.5	GERP 1.1, phastCons 0.015
Regional constraint	o/e 0.89	unconstrained · MANE · 6,982 bp · p 0.0085 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	16.14	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 · 2/91,052 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0005% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000366%

Overall 0.000958% 14/1,461,570 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,526
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,476
European (non-Finnish)	0.000932%	107,271

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: TP53
Protein: p.Pro72His
Coding: c.215C>A
MANE Select: NM_000546
dbSNP: rs1042522
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:7676154 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.449 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 75.83 · 321 PDB
Residue 72: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in sporadic cancers; somatic mutation; requires 2 nucleotide substitutions); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in sporadic cancers; somatic mutation); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in a sporadic cancer; somatic mutation); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in); the 'interaction with ccar2' region; the 'interaction with hrmt1l2' region; the 'disordered' region; the 'interaction with wwox' region

Full TP53 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Li-Fraumeni syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

For Li-Fraumeni syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: All ages
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (United Kingdom)

Similar variants

TP53 p.Pro72Ala Likely benign ★★★ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72Arg Benign ★★★ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72Leu Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72Thr Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72Cys Uncertain significance ★★★ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72Ser Uncertain significance ★★ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
TP53 p.Pro72_Val73delinsArgMet Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue

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/tp53-p-pro72his (accessed [today's date]).

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