Is CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T) pathogenic?

CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in CAPN3 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2023-12-22). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.3539); Very rare (popmax 0.00127%, nfe); Associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A.

What condition is associated with CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T)?

CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T) is associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (ClinVar).

How common is CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T) in the general population?

CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00127%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys (c.505C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.3539) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CAPN3 p.Arg169Cys

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.505C>T · rs1349313665 · VCV536519

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.3539 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00127%, nfe)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Conditions

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3539	ambiguous
REVEL	0.831	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.28	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; SaProt does not; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	all four deltas below 0.2 · C>G here scores Δ0.29 · evaluated, not missing
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.7	GERP 2.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.96	unconstrained · MANE · 52 kb · p 0.21 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	34.0	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 0.00127% European (non-Finnish) · 15/1,180,010 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000763% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000605%

Overall 0.00105% 17/1,614,006 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,243
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00127%	78,667

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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.Arg169Cys
Coding: c.505C>T
MANE Select: NM_000070
dbSNP: rs1349313665
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:42387759 (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 169: the calpain catalytic domain

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.Arg169His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
CAPN3 p.Arg169= Uncertain significance same residue
CAPN3 p.Arg169Gly 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
CAPN3 c.1993-1G>A 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-arg169cys (accessed [today's date]).

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