Is DSP p.Arg315Gln (c.944_945delinsAA) pathogenic?

DSP p.Arg315Gln (c.944945delinsAA) is classified Uncertain significance in DSP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-05-14). Absent from gnomAD; Associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma.

How common is DSP p.Arg315Gln (c.944_945delinsAA) in the general population?

DSP p.Arg315Gln (c.944_945delinsAA) is absent from gnomAD (gnomAD).

How is Carvajal syndrome inherited?

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

DSP p.Arg315Gln

Q: What condition is associated with DSP p.Arg315Gln (c.944_945delinsAA)?

DSP p.Arg315Gln (c.944_945delinsAA) is associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (ClinVar).

c.944_945delinsAA · rs2533876120 · VCV2947759

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Not reported

no gnomAD frequency available for this variant

Conditions

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · substitutions only
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 29 kb · p 0.14 · regional, not allelic

Population frequency

dbSNP / gnomAD

No gnomAD frequency available for this variant. This is missing data, not an absence: the variant may or may not be present in gnomAD. Rarity (ACMG PM2) and BA1/BS1 cannot be assessed for it.

Variant & gene context

Gene: DSP
Protein: p.Arg315Gln
Coding: c.944_945delinsAA
MANE Select: NM_004415
dbSNP: rs2533876120
Type: Indel
Location: chr6:7566381 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 315: an α-helix; the 'globular 1' region; the 'interaction with mapre1' region; the 'interaction with jup and pkp2' region; the 'interaction with pkp1' region; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in arvd8; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in dcwhkta; uncertain significance); 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)

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.Arg315Pro Uncertain significance ★★ same residue
DSP p.Arg315= Likely benign ★★ same residue
DSP p.Arg315fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
DSP p.Arg315Cys Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
DSP p.Arg315His Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ same residue
DSP p.Arg315Leu Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
DSP c.2793+1_2793+5delinsAACAAAAAG Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.5671_*835+957del4738insAGAACAGTCTT 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-arg315gln (accessed [today's date]).

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