Is DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T) pathogenic?

DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in DMD (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-11-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.3206); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0493%, sas); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T)?

DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T) in the general population?

DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0493%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DMD p.Arg751Trp (c.2251C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.3206) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DMD p.Arg751Trp

c.2251C>T · rs373475448 · VCV201757

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.3206 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0493%, sas)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3206	likely benign
REVEL	0.313	indeterminate
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 4.3	GERP 5.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.36	unconstrained · MANE · 1,863 kb · p 2.4e-62 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.8	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 0.0493% South Asian · 28/56,740 alleles

Filtering AF 0.035% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0302%

Overall 0.00364% 44/1,208,251 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.0493%	2,026
Middle Eastern	0.0229%	4,367
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00421%	23,777
African / African-American	0.00351%	28,506
East Asian	0.00296%	33,741
European (non-Finnish)	0.00112%	89,407

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.Arg751Trp
Coding: c.2251C>T
MANE Select: NM_004006
dbSNP: rs373475448
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chrX:32518049 (GRCh38)

Full DMD 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: Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Similar variants

DMD p.Arg751= Likely benign ★★ same residue
DMD p.Arg751Gln Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
DMD p.Arg751Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ 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
DMD c.10223+1G>A 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-arg751trp (accessed [today's date]).

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