Is CAPN3 p.Ala160= (c.480A>T) pathogenic?

CAPN3 p.Ala160= (c.480A>T) is classified Likely benign in CAPN3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-11-23). Very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe); Associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A.

What condition is associated with CAPN3 p.Ala160= (c.480A>T)?

CAPN3 p.Ala160= (c.480A>T) is associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (ClinVar).

How common is CAPN3 p.Ala160= (c.480A>T) in the general population?

CAPN3 p.Ala160= (c.480A>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe) (gnomAD).

CAPN3 p.Ala160=

Q: How is Calpain-3-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R1 inherited?

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

c.480A>T · rs779579276 · VCV1585409

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000424%, nfe)

Conditions

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A

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 -7	GERP -5.7
Overall
CADD	1.996	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000424% European (non-Finnish) · 5/1,178,556 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000124% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 9e-05%

Overall 0.00031% 5/1,612,358 alleles · very rare

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: CAPN3
Protein: p.Ala160=
Coding: c.480A>T
MANE Select: NM_000070
dbSNP: rs779579276
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:42386267 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.896 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.18 · 5 PDB
Residue 160: the calpain catalytic domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in)

Full CAPN3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Calpain-3-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R1 (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

CAPN3 p.Ala160Pro Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CAPN3 p.Ala160Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
CAPN3 p.Ala160Gly Benign/Likely benign ★★ ⚠ same residue
CAPN3 p.Ala160Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
CAPN3 c.1115+5G>C Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CAPN3 c.1194-2A>G Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CAPN3 c.1194-9A>G Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
CAPN3 c.1746-20C>G Pathogenic ★★★ 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/capn3-p-ala160 (accessed [today's date]).

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