Is USE1 p.Ser15Cys (c.44C>G) pathogenic?

USE1 p.Ser15Cys (c.44C>G) is classified Likely benign in USE1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-11-02). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0384); Very rare (popmax 0.00953%, afr).

How common is USE1 p.Ser15Cys (c.44C>G) in the general population?

USE1 p.Ser15Cys (c.44C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00953%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about USE1 p.Ser15Cys (c.44C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0384) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

USE1 p.Ser15Cys

c.44C>G · VCV4602483

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0384 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00953%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0384	likely benign
REVEL	0.055	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -9.11	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7	GERP 0.66, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	21.4	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 0.00953% African / African-American · 7/73,450 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00445% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00314%

Overall 0.000448% 7/1,563,324 alleles · very rare exomes 2/1,411,152 · genomes 5/152,172 · joint denominator

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: USE1
Protein: p.Ser15Cys
Coding: c.44C>G
MANE Select: NM_018467
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr19:17215449 (GRCh38)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.49 · 5 PDB
Residue 15: the 'disordered' region

Full USE1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/use1-p-ser15cys (accessed [today's date]).

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