Is DCDC2 p.Arg318= (c.954G>A) pathogenic?

DCDC2 p.Arg318= (c.954G>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in DCDC2 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-25). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0227%, afr); Associated with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 66.

What condition is associated with DCDC2 p.Arg318= (c.954G>A)?

DCDC2 p.Arg318= (c.954G>A) is associated with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 66, isolated neonatal sclerosing cholangitis (ClinVar).

How common is DCDC2 p.Arg318= (c.954G>A) in the general population?

DCDC2 p.Arg318= (c.954G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0227%, afr) (gnomAD).

DCDC2 p.Arg318=

c.954G>A · rs140084657 · VCV598138

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0227%, afr)

Conditions

autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 66

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 0.64	GERP -3.8, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	9.584	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0227% African / African-American · 17/74,900 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0144% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0119%

Overall 0.00112% 18/1,614,016 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0227%	4,406
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,000

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: DCDC2
Protein: p.Arg318=
Coding: c.954G>A
MANE Select: NM_016356
dbSNP: rs140084657
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:24205071 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.062 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 63.93 · 1 PDB
Residue 318: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in nsc); the 'disordered' region

Full DCDC2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 66 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: isolated neonatal sclerosing cholangitis

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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/dcdc2-p-arg318 (accessed [today's date]).

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