Is DCST2 p.Ala135Thr (c.403G>A) pathogenic?

DCST2 p.Ala135Thr (c.403G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in DCST2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-08-05). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0806); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0754%, amr).

How common is DCST2 p.Ala135Thr (c.403G>A) in the general population?

DCST2 p.Ala135Thr (c.403G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0754%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DCST2 p.Ala135Thr (c.403G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0806) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DCST2 p.Ala135Thr

c.403G>A · VCV4238239

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0806 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0754%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0806	likely benign
REVEL	0.111	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.16	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.7	GERP 0.63, phastCons 0.99
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 15 kb · p 0.075 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	16.8	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0754% Admixed American · 43/57,040 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0575% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0512%

Overall 0.00413% 66/1,599,136 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.0754%	1,327
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0226%	4,419
East Asian	0.00448%	22,299
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,576
South Asian	0.00113%	88,852
European (non-Finnish)	0.000426%	234,672

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: DCST2
Protein: p.Ala135Thr
Coding: c.403G>A
MANE Select: NM_144622
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:155033130 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.941 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 73.49

Full DCST2 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/dcst2-p-ala135thr (accessed [today's date]).

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