Is DSP p.Ile1540= (c.4620C>T) pathogenic?

DSP p.Ile1540= (c.4620C>T) is classified Likely benign in DSP (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 5 submitters; last evaluated 2025-12-16). Very rare (popmax 0.00237%, nfe); Associated with cardiomyopathy.

How common is DSP p.Ile1540= (c.4620C>T) in the general population?

DSP p.Ile1540= (c.4620C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00237%, nfe) (gnomAD).

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Q: What condition is associated with DSP p.Ile1540= (c.4620C>T)?

DSP p.Ile1540= (c.4620C>T) is associated with cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (ClinVar).

c.4620C>T · rs1385558717 · VCV926547

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 5 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00237%, nfe)

Conditions

cardiomyopathy

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -7.2	GERP -3.6
Overall
CADD	1.05	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00237% European (non-Finnish) · 28/1,180,038 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00164% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00142%

Overall 0.0018% 29/1,613,958 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.00237%	42,144
South Asian	0.0011%	91,080

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.Ile1540=
Coding: c.4620C>T
MANE Select: NM_004415
dbSNP: rs1385558717
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:7580810 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 1540: 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

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

Also linked: arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8

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DSP c.2297+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.2298-1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
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DSP c.2437-1G>C 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-ile1540 (accessed [today's date]).

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