Is CAPN3 p.Arg101Lys (c.302G>A) pathogenic?

CAPN3 p.Arg101Lys (c.302G>A) is classified Likely pathogenic in CAPN3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-15). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.6984); Absent from gnomAD v4.1.

How common is CAPN3 p.Arg101Lys (c.302G>A) in the general population?

CAPN3 p.Arg101Lys (c.302G>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CAPN3 p.Arg101Lys (c.302G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.6984) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CAPN3 p.Arg101Lys

c.302G>A · VCV4081227

Likely pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.6984 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.6984	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar
REVEL	0.851	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -10.18	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.96	unconstrained · MANE · 52 kb · p 0.21 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	28.1	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: CAPN3
Protein: p.Arg101Lys
Coding: c.302G>A
MANE Select: NM_000070
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:42360107 (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 101: the calpain catalytic domain

Full CAPN3 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/capn3-p-arg101lys (accessed [today's date]).

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