DSG2 p.Leu486=
c.1458T>C · rs779518495 · VCV928052
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)
Conditions
2
cardiomyopathy
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 | GERP -3.5 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.539 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.00333%
Admixed American · 2/60,004 alleles
Filtering AF
0.000553%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000312%
Overall
0.000743%
12/1,614,100 alleles · very rare
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| Admixed Americangrpmax | 0.00333% | 30,002 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.000847% | 118,006 |
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
- DSG2
- Protein
- p.Leu486=
- Coding
- c.1458T>C
- MANE Select
- NM_001943
- dbSNP
- rs779518495
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr18:31536236 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 0.764 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 2/3 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 65.27 · 12 PDB
- Residue 486
- a β-strand; the cadherin 4 domain
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- DSG2 p.Arg46Trp 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/dsg2-p-leu486 (accessed [today's date]).
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