Is DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T) pathogenic?

DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in DSC2 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 9 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-11). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1324); Rare (popmax 0.141%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T)?

DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 11 (ClinVar).

How common is DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T) in the general population?

DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T) is rare (popmax 0.141%, afr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DSC2 p.Ala592Val (c.1775C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1324) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DSC2 p.Ala592Val

c.1775C>T · rs140232809 · VCV163184

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 9 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1324 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.141%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1324	likely benign
REVEL	0.046	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -4.23	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 2.6	GERP -1.8, phastCons 0.2
Regional constraint	o/e 0.98	unconstrained · MANE · 34 kb · p 0.48 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	14.84	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 0.141% African / African-American · 106/75,010 alleles

Filtering AF 0.119% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.111%

Overall 0.0112% 181/1,613,972 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.141%	708
Admixed American	0.0283%	3,529
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0256%	3,906
Middle Eastern	0.0165%	6,060
East Asian	0.00446%	22,422
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,600
South Asian	0.00329%	30,357
European (non-Finnish)	0.00297%	33,714

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: DSC2
Protein: p.Ala592Val
Coding: c.1775C>T
MANE Select: NM_024422
dbSNP: rs140232809
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr18:31074796 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.743 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 1/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 77.26 · 3 PDB
Residue 592: the cadherin 5 domain; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd11; likely pathogenic; mislocalization of dsc2 to the cytoplasm within intercalated disks of the heart); a β-strand

Full DSC2 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: cardiomyopathy arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 11

Similar variants

DSC2 p.Ala592= Likely benign ★★ same residue
DSC2 c.1521-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSC2 c.1664-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSC2 c.354+2T>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSC2 c.355-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSC2 p.Gln554Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSC2 p.Gln620Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSC2 p.Glu127Ter 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/dsc2-p-ala592val (accessed [today's date]).

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