VPS53 p.Arg304=
c.912C>A · rs780052904 · VCV2896940
Likely benign
Single submitter
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Single submitter ★☆☆☆
ClinVar · 1 submitter
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.0133%, amr)
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 -2.7 | GERP -4.7 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 1.392 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.0133%
Admixed American · 8/59,994 alleles
Filtering AF
0.00662%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00483%
Overall
0.00143%
23/1,613,928 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 18/1,461,818 · genomes 5/152,110 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.0133% | 7,499 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0048% | 20,825 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00102% | 98,334 |
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
- VPS53
- Protein
- p.Arg304=
- Coding
- c.912C>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001128159
- dbSNP
- rs780052904
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr17:627236 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.773 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 80.86
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- VPS53 p.Ala222Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- VPS53 p.Ala412Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- VPS53 p.Arg140Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- VPS53 p.Arg333Cys Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
- VPS53 p.Asp462Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same type
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/vps53-p-arg304 (accessed [today's date]).
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