Is DCDC2B p.Leu177Phe (c.529C>T) pathogenic?

DCDC2B p.Leu177Phe (c.529C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in DCDC2B (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-05-17). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4933); Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas).

How common is DCDC2B p.Leu177Phe (c.529C>T) in the general population?

DCDC2B p.Leu177Phe (c.529C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DCDC2B p.Leu177Phe (c.529C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.4933) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DCDC2B p.Leu177Phe

c.529C>T · rs759231004 · VCV2517819

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.4933 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

REVEL, SaProt · AlphaMissense no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.4933	ambiguous · top 10% in DCDC2B
REVEL	0.779	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -13.24	damaging
⇒ REVEL and SaProt both call this damaging; AlphaMissense makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	all four deltas below 0.2 · C>G here scores Δ0.24 · evaluated, not missing
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6	GERP 2.1, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.06	unconstrained · MANE · 6,800 bp · p 0.21 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.6	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 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,890 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,550 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: DCDC2B
Protein: p.Leu177Phe
Coding: c.529C>T
MANE Select: NM_001099434
dbSNP: rs759231004
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:32212491 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.383 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 68.12
Residue 177: the doublecortin 2 domain

Full DCDC2B gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

DCDC2B p.Leu177Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
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DCDC2B p.Ala187Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DCDC2B p.Ala239Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DCDC2B p.Ala291Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DCDC2B p.Ala346Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DCDC2B p.Ala55Ser Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type
DCDC2B p.Ala55Val Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same type

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/dcdc2b-p-leu177phe (accessed [today's date]).

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