TREM2 p.Arg136=
c.408G>T · rs777536241 · VCV2995806
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0165%, mid)
Computational evidence
| Protein change | ||
| Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal. | ||
| Splicing | ||
| SpliceAI | — | not assessed · no allele here is in the release |
|---|---|---|
| Constraint at this position | ||
| Conservation | phyloP 0.024 | phastCons 0.77 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 1.897 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0165%
Middle Eastern · 1/6,062 alleles
Filtering AF
2.8e-05%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%
Overall
0.000248%
4/1,613,956 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 4/1,461,694 · genomes 0/152,262 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Easterngrpmax | 0.0165% | 6,062 |
| Finnishnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00156% | 63,922 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000169% | 589,988 |
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
- TREM2
- Protein
- p.Arg136=
- Coding
- c.408G>T
- MANE Select
- NM_018965
- dbSNP
- rs777536241
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr6:41159866 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.211 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 76.85 · 15 PDB
- Residue 136
- a UniProt-annotated variant site (in plosl2; results in decreased osteoclast differentiation; no trem2 transcripts can be detected in patient cells homozygous for the variant); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in plosl2; complete loss of protein expression); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in plosl2); a UniProt-annotated variant site (slightly decreases cell membrane localization); a UniProt-annotated variant site (decreases cell membrane localization)
Similar variants
- TREM2 p.Arg136Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
- TREM2 p.Arg136Gln Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
- TREM2 c.483-2A>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- TREM2 p.Asp86Val Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- TREM2 p.Gln33Ter Pathogenic ★★ same type
- TREM2 p.Thr66Met Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- TREM2 p.Val126Gly Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- TREM2 c.-51G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same type
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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/trem2-p-arg136 (accessed [today's date]).
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