Is DES p.Ala138= (c.414C>G) pathogenic?

DES p.Ala138= (c.414C>G) is classified Likely benign in DES (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-07-27). Very rare (popmax 0.0054%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with DES p.Ala138= (c.414C>G)?

DES p.Ala138= (c.414C>G) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, myofibrillar myopathy 1 (ClinVar).

How common is DES p.Ala138= (c.414C>G) in the general population?

DES p.Ala138= (c.414C>G) is very rare (popmax 0.0054%, afr) (gnomAD).

DES p.Ala138=

c.414C>G · rs1445220768 · VCV1593825

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0054%, afr)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 -1.8	GERP -0.57
Overall
CADD	10.49	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0054% African / African-American · 4/74,006 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00176% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00105%

Overall 0.000318% 5/1,571,820 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0054%	18,501
Admixed American	0.00188%	53,126

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.Ala138=
Coding: c.414C>G
MANE Select: NM_001927
dbSNP: rs1445220768
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:219418876 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.81 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.73
Residue 138: the if rod domain; the 'coil 1a' region

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

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: myofibrillar myopathy 1

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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/des-p-ala138 (accessed [today's date]).

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