Is DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A) pathogenic?

DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A) is classified Uncertain significance in DES (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2019-01-10). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.5748); Very rare (popmax 0.0027%, afr); Associated with myofibrillar myopathy 1.

What condition is associated with DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A)?

DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A) is associated with myofibrillar myopathy 1 (ClinVar).

How common is DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A) in the general population?

DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.0027%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Desminopathy inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about DES p.Ala137Asp (c.410C>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.5748) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DES p.Ala137Asp

c.410C>A · rs775115627 · VCV239076

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.5748 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0027%, afr)

Missense predictors

1/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL indeterminate

Conditions

myofibrillar myopathy 1

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.5748	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.329	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.96	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense calls this damaging; SaProt does not; REVEL is indeterminate.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.5	GERP -3.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.92	unconstrained · MANE · 7,524 bp · p 0.05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.7	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 0.0027% African / African-American · 2/74,128 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000448% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000168%

Overall 0.000127% 2/1,573,814 alleles · very rare exomes 0/1,421,594 · genomes 2/152,220 · joint denominator

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: DES
Protein: p.Ala137Asp
Coding: c.410C>A
MANE Select: NM_001927
dbSNP: rs775115627
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:219418872 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.81 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.73
Residue 137: the if rod domain; the 'coil 1a' region

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

Disease context

myofibrillar myopathy 1 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Desminopathy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood, Infancy

Similar variants

DES p.Ala137Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
DES p.Ala137Thr Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
DES p.Ala137= Likely benign ★ same residue
DES c.1289-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DES c.579-2A>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DES c.735+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DES c.735+1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DES c.735+3A>G 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/des-p-ala137asp (accessed [today's date]).

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