Is DSP p.Val520Met (c.1558G>A) pathogenic?

DSP p.Val520Met (c.1558G>A) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in DSP (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-10-27). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.103); Very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas); Associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma.

How common is DSP p.Val520Met (c.1558G>A) in the general population?

DSP p.Val520Met (c.1558G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas) (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.Val520Met (c.1558G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.103) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

DSP p.Val520Met

Q: What condition is associated with DSP p.Val520Met (c.1558G>A)?

DSP p.Val520Met (c.1558G>A) is associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (ClinVar).

c.1558G>A · rs777545428 · VCV2066882

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.103 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0022%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.103	likely benign
REVEL	0.288	benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.17	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 3.9	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.94	unconstrained · MANE · 29 kb · p 0.14 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.2	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 0.0022% South Asian · 2/91,078 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000365% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000137%

Overall 0.000496% 8/1,613,996 alleles · very rare exomes 7/1,461,890 · genomes 1/152,106 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0032%	31,242
South Asiangrpmax	0.0022%	45,539
Admixed American	0.00167%	59,982
African / African-American	0.00134%	74,894
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	590,016

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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.Val520Met
Coding: c.1558G>A
MANE Select: NM_004415
dbSNP: rs777545428
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:7569324 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.443 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Residue 520: 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); 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

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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
DSP c.2298-1G>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
DSP c.2298-2A>C 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-val520met (accessed [today's date]).

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