Is DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T) pathogenic?

DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in DMD (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2023-08-10). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.099); Very rare (popmax 0.00056%, nfe); Associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

What condition is associated with DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T)?

DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T) is associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, Becker muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T) in the general population?

DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00056%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Duchenne muscular dystrophy inherited?

Typically X-linked recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about DMD p.Arg1978Cys (c.5932C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.099) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DMD p.Arg1978Cys

c.5932C>T · rs2097557042 · VCV843992

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.099 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00056%, nfe)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.099	likely benign
REVEL	0.114	moderately benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.5	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.36	unconstrained · MANE · 1,863 kb · p 2.4e-62 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.5	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 0.00056% European (non-Finnish) · 5/892,488 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000164% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000119%

Overall 0.000457% 5/1,094,443 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: DMD
Protein: p.Arg1978Cys
Coding: c.5932C>T
MANE Select: NM_004006
dbSNP: rs2097557042
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:32310267 (GRCh38)

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

Disease context

Duchenne muscular dystrophy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: cardiomyopathy Becker muscular dystrophy

For Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: X-linked recessive
Onset: Childhood
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Worldwide)

Similar variants

DMD p.Arg1978Gly Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
DMD p.Arg1978His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
DMD p.Arg1978Leu Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
DMD p.Arg1978fs Pathogenic same residue
DMD c.10086+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DMD c.10086+1G>T Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DMD c.10086+2T>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DMD c.10087-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely 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/dmd-p-arg1978cys (accessed [today's date]).

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