Is DST p.Arg5287= (c.15861G>A) pathogenic?

DST p.Arg5287= (c.15861G>A) is classified Benign in DST (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-02). Common (popmax 6.45%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 6.

What condition is associated with DST p.Arg5287= (c.15861G>A)?

DST p.Arg5287= (c.15861G>A) is associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 6, epidermolysis bullosa simplex 3, localized or generalized intermediate, with BP230 deficiency (ClinVar).

DST p.Arg5287=

Q: How common is DST p.Arg5287= (c.15861G>A) in the general population?

DST p.Arg5287= (c.15861G>A) is common (popmax 6.45%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

Q: How is Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 6 inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

c.15861G>A · rs58928900 · VCV795665

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 6.45%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 6

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 0.6	GERP -2.9, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	6.176	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 6.45% African / African-American · 4,837/75,034 alleles

Filtering AF 6.29% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 6.23%

Overall 0.344% 5,549/1,613,960 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	6.45%	16
Admixed American	0.5%	200
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.455%	220
Middle Eastern	0.313%	319
South Asian	0.0198%	5,060
European (non-Finnish)	0.00771%	12,966

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: DST
Protein: p.Arg5287=
Coding: c.15861G>A
MANE Select: NM_001374736
dbSNP: rs58928900
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr6:56552931 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.297 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)

Full DST gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 6 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: epidermolysis bullosa simplex 3, localized or generalized intermediate, with BP230 deficiency

For Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 6 (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Infancy, Neonatal

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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/dst-p-arg5287 (accessed [today's date]).

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