Is DSP p.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C) pathogenic?

DSP p.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C) is classified Uncertain significance in DSP (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-03-29). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.6146); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma.

How common is DSP p.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C) in the general population?

DSP p.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (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.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.6146) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DSP p.Asp2796His

Q: What condition is associated with DSP p.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C)?

DSP p.Asp2796His (c.8386G>C) is associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (ClinVar).

c.8386G>C · rs943247894 · VCV1984975

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.6146 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Conditions

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.6146	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.401	indeterminate
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.05	unconstrained · MANE · 1,308 bp · p 0.26 · 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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: DSP
Protein: p.Asp2796His
Coding: c.8386G>C
MANE Select: NM_004415
dbSNP: rs943247894
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:7585648 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 2796: 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); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in ebla; uncertain significance); a UniProt-annotated variant site (in dcwhk; uncertain significance); a turn; the 'binds to telomeres' region; the 'globular 2' region; the '4.5 x 38 aa tandem repeats (domain c)' 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.Asp2796Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
DSP p.Asp2796Val Uncertain significance ★★ same residue
DSP p.Asp2796= Likely benign ★★ same residue
DSP p.Asp2796Gly Uncertain significance ★ 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

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-asp2796his (accessed [today's date]).

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