Is DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A) pathogenic?

DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in DSP (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 8 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-04). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1816); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A)?

DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma (ClinVar).

How common is DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A) in the general population?

DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about DSP p.Arg425Gln (c.1274G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1816) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DSP p.Arg425Gln

c.1274G>A · rs397516916 · VCV44857

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 8 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1816 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0164%, mid)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1816	likely benign
REVEL	0.31	indeterminate
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 9.9	GERP 1.2, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 29 kb · p 0.14 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.8	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 0.0164% Middle Eastern · 1/6,084 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00275% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00244%

Overall 0.00322% 52/1,613,898 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Middle Easterngrpmax	0.0164%	6,084
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0112%	8,926
European (non-Finnish)	0.00364%	27,442
South Asian	0.0011%	91,088

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.Arg425Gln
Coding: c.1274G>A
MANE Select: NM_004415
dbSNP: rs397516916
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:7568444 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 425: an α-helix; the 'globular 1' region; the 'interaction with mapre1' region; the 'interaction with jup and pkp2' 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

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: cardiomyopathy arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 lethal acantholytic epidermolysis bullosa keratosis palmoplantaris striata 2 cardiomyopathy, dilated, with wooly hair, keratoderma, and tooth agenesis woolly hair-skin fragility syndrome

Similar variants

DSP p.Arg425Ter Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same residue
DSP p.Arg425Leu Uncertain significance ★★ same residue
DSP p.Arg425= 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

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-arg425gln (accessed [today's date]).

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