Is DSP p.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A) pathogenic?

DSP p.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in DSP (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-22). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1506); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0213%, afr); Associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma.

What condition is associated with DSP p.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A)?

DSP p.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A) is associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (ClinVar).

How common is DSP p.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A) in the general population?

DSP p.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0213%, 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.Arg84Gln (c.251G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1506) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DSP p.Arg84Gln

c.251G>A · rs373736975 · VCV640720

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1506 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0213%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1506	likely benign
REVEL	0.289	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 9.8	GERP 2.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 29 kb · p 0.14 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	25.0	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 0.0213% African / African-American · 16/74,948 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0133% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0109%

Overall 0.00204% 33/1,614,020 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.0213%	4,684
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0064%	15,622
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,004
European (non-Finnish)	0.00102%	98,335

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.Arg84Gln
Coding: c.251G>A
MANE Select: NM_004415
dbSNP: rs373736975
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:7555798 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 84: 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)

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: cardiomyopathy arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8

For Carvajal syndrome (Orphanet):

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

Similar variants

DSP p.Arg84Ter Pathogenic ★★ same residue
DSP p.Arg84Gly Uncertain significance ★ same residue
DSP p.Arg84= 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-arg84gln (accessed [today's date]).

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