Is DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C) pathogenic?

DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C) is classified Uncertain significance in DSP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-17). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.2493); Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma.

How common is DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C) in the general population?

DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Carvajal syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.2493) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DSP p.Arg1656Ser

Q: What condition is associated with DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C)?

DSP p.Arg1656Ser (c.4968G>C) is associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (ClinVar).

c.4968G>C · VCV4790662

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.2493 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.2493	likely benign
REVEL	0.182	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 2.5	GERP -1.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 12 kb · p 0.0024 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	17.5	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 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,060 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,840 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: DSP
Protein: p.Arg1656Ser
Coding: c.4968G>C
MANE Select: NM_004415
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:7581158 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 1656: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd8; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in dcwhkta; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in dcwhk; uncertain significance; abolishes expression in the myocardium); the 'central fibrous rod domain' region; the 'binds to telomeres' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd8; likely pathogenic; results in an unstable protein that forms perinuclear aggregates); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd8 and dcwhkta; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd8)

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

Disease context

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8

For Carvajal syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal

Similar variants

DSP p.Arg1656= Benign/Likely benign ★★ same residue
DSP c.1141-2A>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.1266+2T>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.1574+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.2130+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.2297+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.2298-1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.2298-2A>C 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/dsp-p-arg1656ser (accessed [today's date]).

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