Is DCDC2 p.Asn306= (c.918T>C) pathogenic?

DCDC2 p.Asn306= (c.918T>C) is classified Likely benign in DCDC2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-04-06). Very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas); Associated with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 66.

What condition is associated with DCDC2 p.Asn306= (c.918T>C)?

DCDC2 p.Asn306= (c.918T>C) is associated with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 66, isolated neonatal sclerosing cholangitis (ClinVar).

How common is DCDC2 p.Asn306= (c.918T>C) in the general population?

DCDC2 p.Asn306= (c.918T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas) (gnomAD).

DCDC2 p.Asn306=

c.918T>C · rs1239033952 · VCV1614159

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas)

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 2.7	GERP -0.97, phastCons 0.75
Overall
CADD	2.74	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00446% East Asian · 2/44,844 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000739% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000277%

Overall 0.000343% 5/1,456,356 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00446%	22,422
European (non-Finnish)	0.000255%	392,111

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.Asn306=
Coding: c.918T>C
MANE Select: NM_016356
dbSNP: rs1239033952
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:24278053 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.062 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 63.93 · 1 PDB
Residue 306: 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-asn306 (accessed [today's date]).

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