Is DSG2 p.Ser597= (c.1791C>T) pathogenic?

DSG2 p.Ser597= (c.1791C>T) is classified Likely benign in DSG2 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-10-27). Very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with DSG2 p.Ser597= (c.1791C>T)?

DSG2 p.Ser597= (c.1791C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 10 (ClinVar).

How common is DSG2 p.Ser597= (c.1791C>T) in the general population?

DSG2 p.Ser597= (c.1791C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00134%, afr) (gnomAD).

DSG2 p.Ser597=

c.1791C>T · rs768167385 · VCV633192

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00134%, 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 -5.9	GERP -3.9
Overall
CADD	2.135	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00134% African / African-American · 1/74,902 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000429% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000312%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,613,984 alleles · very rare exomes 9/1,461,866 · genomes 2/152,118 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00134%	74,902
European (non-Finnish)	0.000847%	118,002

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.Ser597=
Coding: c.1791C>T
MANE Select: NM_001943
dbSNP: rs768167385
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr18:31538890 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.764 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 2/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 65.27 · 12 PDB
Residue 597: a β-strand; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd10; uncertain significance; evidence of residual myocardium, fibrous tissue, fatty tissue, dysmetric and dysmorphic nuclei and prominent cytoplasmic vacuolization; decreases the number of desmosomes at intercalated disks also increases desmosome gap; smaller intercellular gaps, with repeating couplings, abnormally located desmosomes and pale internal plaques)

Full DSG2 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 10

Similar variants

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DSG2 c.1423+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSG2 c.1424-1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSG2 c.523+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSG2 c.690+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSG2 c.81+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSG2 c.829-2A>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSG2 p.Arg46Gln 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-ser597 (accessed [today's date]).

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