# NM_001130987.2(DYSF):c.853C>T (p.Arg285Trp)

https://sugi.bio/variant/dysf-p-arg285trp

## Summary

**DYSF p.Arg285Trp (c.853C>T)** is classified **Pathogenic** in DYSF (ClinVar, Expert panel, 16 submitters; last evaluated 2025-07-08). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.4127); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0189%, nfe); Associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

**At a glance:** Pathogenic · review: Expert panel · rsID rs149827237 · 16 submitters · 5 linked conditions · AlphaMissense ambiguous · ultra-rare (popmax 0.0189%, nfe)

## For patients & families {#patients}

This is a change in the DYSF gene that is considered disease-causing, submitted by 16 submitters, and is linked to autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

*Reference information, not medical advice, and not a prediction for any individual. A genetic counselor or clinician can interpret what it means for you and your family.*

**Support & next steps:** [Condition overview & support (NIH GARD)](https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/0019825/index) · [Find a genetic counselor (NSGC)](https://findageneticcounselor.nsgc.org/).

## Identity {#identity}

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Gene | [DYSF](https://sugi.bio/atlas/gene/DYSF/) |
| Protein change (HGVS p.) | p.Arg285Trp |
| Coding change (HGVS c.) | c.853C>T |
| MANE Select transcript | [NM_001130987](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NM_001130987) |
| dbSNP | [rs149827237](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/rs149827237/) |
| Variant type | single nucleotide variant |
| Location | chr2:71515716-71515716 (GRCh38) |
| ClinVar | [VCV284800](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/284800/) |

**All HGVS expressions:** `LRG_845:g.67094C>T`, `LRG_845t1:c.757C>T`, `LRG_845t2:c.853C>T`, `NC_000002.11:g.71742846C>T`, `NC_000002.12:g.71515716C>T`, `NG_008694.1:g.67094C>T`, `NM_001130455.2:c.760C>T`, `NM_001130976.2:c.757C>T`, `NM_001130977.2:c.757C>T`, `NM_001130978.2:c.757C>T`, `NM_001130979.2:c.850C>T`, `NM_001130980.2:c.850C>T`, `NM_001130981.2:c.850C>T`, `NM_001130982.2:c.853C>T`, `NM_001130983.2:c.760C>T`, `NM_001130984.2:c.760C>T`, `NM_001130985.2:c.853C>T`, `NM_001130986.2:c.760C>T`, `NM_001130987.2:c.853C>T`, `NM_003494.4:c.757C>T`

## Computational & population evidence {#evidence}

**Concordance:** AlphaMissense and REVEL are indeterminate here — the available evidence is described below.

- AlphaMissense **ambiguous** (0.4127) — no call either way
- REVEL 0.614 (indeterminate)
- SaProt LLR -13.32 (damaging)
- Conservation: phyloP 3.405, GERP 1.21, phastCons 0.998 — highly conserved
- ⚠ **Isoform check:** AlphaMissense is numbered on a different transcript (AM **R253W** vs ClinVar **R285W**) — the AlphaMissense read here may be for a different residue; verify against the ClinVar transcript.
- CADD: **PHRED 24.3**. No single ClinGen-calibrated threshold exists and the expert panels that use CADD disagree — GUCY2D/AIPL1 require ≥ 20.0 for an untranslated-region variant, ABCA4 ≥ 28.1 for a synonymous or indel variant, the Pulmonary Hypertension panel imports Pejaver 2022's missense-calibrated numbers, and the Antibody Deficiencies panel declines CADD entirely for PIK3CD. CADD v1.7 also incorporates Zoonomia phyloP, so it partly re-expresses the conservation above. *Descriptive; no threshold applied.*
- Regional missense constraint: **o/e 1.02** across the covering region of the MANE Select transcript (71,466,843–71,551,715), spanning 84,872 bp. Chi-square p 0.54. Describes the region, not this allele; gnomAD v4.1.1's own constrained determination. *Descriptive; no ACMG code applied.*
- SpliceAI: **no splice effect predicted**. SpliceAI outputs four numbers per variant, not one: acceptor loss, donor loss, acceptor gain, donor gain (DS_AL / DS_DL / DS_AG / DS_DG). A loss score is an existing splice site weakened or destroyed; a gain score is a new site created or an existing one strengthened. The release publishes its own filter rule, which we read from the dataset rather than assume: an allele is reported only if the largest of its four deltas reaches 0.2. No allele at this position is in the release, so all four are under 0.2 for every alternate allele here. No figure is shown because none was read: the bound is deduced from that absence. It is a result, not a gap in our data, because the release scores every possible substitution across the transcripts it covers (Ensembl MANE v1.4) before it filters, so what survives for a gene is one continuous stretch. What is measured is that this position sits inside the stretch covered for DYSF (3,227 scored positions, the nearest 13 bases away); what is taken from the release's own description, rather than measured, is that coverage inside that stretch is continuous. On that, SpliceAI did score it. *ClinGen's SVI treats the largest of the four as evidence against a splicing effect at or below 0.1, where it may support BP4, and as uninformative between 0.1 and 0.2. We cannot tell which applies here, so these SpliceAI data support neither BP4 nor PP3; that is a statement about this evidence alone, not about the variant's other evidence.*
- Population frequency (gnomAD v4.1): grpmax **0.0189%** (nfe) · FAF95 0.0168% · FAF99 0.0161% · 223/1,180,018 in the highest group · 256/1,614,088 alleles overall — ultra-rare (popmax 0.0189%, nfe).

| Ancestry group | Allele frequency | 1 in |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashkenazi Jewish (not grpmax-eligible) | 0.054% | 1,851 |
| European (non-Finnish) (grpmax) | 0.0189% | 5,292 |
| Remaining individuals (not grpmax-eligible) | 0.0128% | 7,813 |
| Admixed American | 0.00667% | 15,002 |
| African / African-American | 0.00267% | 37,509 |
| East Asian | 0.00223% | 44,870 |
| Finnish (not grpmax-eligible) | 0.00156% | 64,000 |
| South Asian | 0.0011% | 91,088 |

Ashkenazi Jewish shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group. 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.

*Computational predictors are not independent (ClinGen Variant Classification guidance): AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023) carries the ACMG weight for missense and conservation (phyloP/GERP/phastCons) for non-missense; REVEL (Pejaver-2022 calibrated strength bands) and SaProt (Su et al. 2023, structure-aware, ClinVar-independent protein language model, raw LLR) are shown as orthogonal agreement signals, not additive. For frequency, the gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering allele frequency (FAF95) is ClinGen's designated BA1/BS1 input (gnomAD v4 guidance v3.0, June 2025); BA1/BS1 thresholds are disease-specific, not a blanket 5%. Predictions, not a clinical determination.*

## Gene constraint & dosage {#gene-context}

**DYSF** population constraint: LOEUF 0.836, pLI 3.6575e-52, missense-Z 1.3979. *Lower LOEUF and higher pLI indicate a gene that tolerates loss-of-function poorly; ClinGen dosage is the curated haploinsufficiency call.*

Curated gene–disease validity (ClinGen):

- **autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy** — Definitive (AR)

## Protein context {#protein}

Residue **253** lies in an α-helix; a UniProt-annotated variant site (found in patients with isolated hyperckemia); the c2 2 domain.

AlphaFold model confidence (whole protein): pLDDT 79.25, 28% of residues very-high.

**11 experimental structure(s)** (PDB): [4CAH](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/4CAH), [4CAI](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/4CAI), [4IHB](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/4IHB), [4IQH](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/4IQH), [7JOF](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7JOF), [7K6B](https://www.rcsb.org/structure/7K6B) — incl. mutant structure 4IQH.

## What this gene does {#gene-function}

*Describes the biological roles of DYSF (the gene this variant disrupts) — not effects measured for this specific variant. A damaging variant is expected to affect these functions and pathways; the degree depends on the variant.*

**How this variant is thought to act:** DYSF's established molecular role includes calcium ion binding. p.Arg285Trp falls in the c2 2 domain.


### Pathways affected {#pathways}

DYSF participates in **1 Reactome pathway** (⚕ = disease pathway):

| Pathway (Reactome) | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| [Smooth Muscle Contraction](https://reactome.org/content/detail/R-HSA-445355) | electronic |

### Molecular function & processes (GO — experimentally supported) {#go}

**Molecular function:** calcium ion binding, phospholipid binding, calcium-dependent phospholipid binding.

**Biological process:** monocyte activation involved in immune response, macrophage activation involved in immune response, negative regulation of phagocytosis.

## Clinical significance {#significance}

**Pathogenic** — review status Expert panel *(reviewed by expert panel)*, last evaluated 2025-07-08.

**Submitter consensus:** conflicting (10 Pathogenic, 6 Likely pathogenic).

**Submission history:** 16 submissions (2017–2026); classifications have differed over time.

**ClinGen expert panel:** Pathogenic — Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy VCEP (autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy). *Expert-panel curated (ACMG); the highest ClinVar review tier.*
**Applied ACMG criteria (met):** `PS3_Moderate`, `PP4_Strong`, `PM3_Strong`.
*Considered but not met:* `PM2_Supporting`, `PP3`.
Inheritance: Autosomal recessive inheritance.

> **Curation rationale (ClinGen, verbatim):** The NM_003494.4: c.757C>T variant in DYSF, which is also known as NM_001130987.2: c.853C>T p.(Arg285Trp), is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of arginine by tryptophan at amino acid 253, p.(Arg253Trp). This variant has been reported in at least 10 individuals with symptoms consistent with LGMD (PMID: 16010686, 18853459, 24803842, 25868377, 26404900, 27666772, 30564623, 30919934, 36983702; LOVD DYSF_000205), including in a homozygous state without reported familial consanguinity in one patient (0.5 pts; PMID: 30919934) and confirmed in trans with a likely pathogenic or pathogenic variant in two patients (NM_003494.4: c.5979dup p.(Glu1994ArgfsTer3), 1.0 pt, LOVD Individual #00215315; NM_003494.4: c.2894G>A p.(Trp965Ter), 1.0 pt, PMID: 36983702) (PM3_Strong). At least one patient with this variant and a second presumed diagnostic DYSF variant displayed progressive proximal muscle weakness and significantly reduced or absent dysferlin protein expression in skeletal muscle or blood monocytes, which is highly specific for DYSF-associated LGMD (PP4_Strong; PMID: 36983702, 27666772, 25868377). The highest minor allele frequency for this variant in gnomAD v4.1.0 is 0.0001890 in the European (non-Finnish) population (223/1180018 alleles), which is higher than the LGMD VCEP threshold for PM2_Supporting (0.0001) (criterion not met). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.614, which is below the VCEP's threshold of 0.7 for PP3 (criterion not met). However, immunofluorescence and 2-A assays of dysferlin membrane localization in HEK293T cells showed the Arg253Trp protein did not reach the cell membrane, indicating an impact on protein function (PMID: 35028538) (PS3_Moderate). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Pathogenic for autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen LGMD VCEP (LGMD VCEP specifications version 1.0.0; 07/08/2025): PM3_Strong, PP4_Strong, PS3_Moderate.
*Source: https://cspec.clinicalgenome.org/cspec/ui/svi/affiliation/50061 · approved 2025-07-08 · [ClinGen Evidence Repository](https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/68b889a5-18d2-4ccf-9bd5-c1aa4232e8df).*
*These are ClinGen's applied codes, reported verbatim — Sugi Variant does not re-tally or combine them into its own classification.*

### Submitter classifications {#submitters}

| Submitter | Classification | Review | Method | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revvity Omics, Revvity | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2025-07-01 |
| Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2026-02-24 |
| Blueprint Genetics | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2024-05-07 |
| Johns Hopkins Genomics, Johns Hopkins University | Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2020-06-16 |
| Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic | Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2020-02-18 |
| Baylor Genetics | Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2024-03-24 |
| Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga) | Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2017-05-25 |
| MGZ Medical Genetics Center | Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2021-11-18 |
| Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2026-01-26 |
| Variantyx, Inc. | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2025-05-19 |
| CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2026-05-01 |
| Clinical Genetics Laboratory, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein | Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2025-11-07 |
| Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2024-06-05 |
| GeneDx | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2025-08-14 |
| ClinGen Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Variant Curation Expert Panel, ClinGen | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel | curation | 2025-07-08 |
| Natera, Inc. | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | 2025-09-30 |

## Associated conditions {#conditions}

[autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/autosomal-recessive-limb-girdle-muscular-dystrophy/), [autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/autosomal-recessive-limb-girdle-muscular-dystrophy-type-2b/), [distal myopathy with anterior tibial onset](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/distal-myopathy-with-anterior-tibial-onset/), [neuromuscular disease caused by qualitative or quantitative defects of dysferlin](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/neuromuscular-disease-caused-by-qualitative-or-quantitative-defects-of-dysferlin/), [Miyoshi muscular dystrophy 1](https://sugi.bio/atlas/disease/miyoshi-muscular-dystrophy-1/).

**Reported phenotype names (ClinVar):** Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, not provided, Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B, Neuromuscular disease caused by qualitative or quantitative defects of dysferlin, Miyoshi muscular dystrophy 1, Distal myopathy with anterior tibial onset, Autosomal recessive DYSF-related disorders, DYSF-related disorder, DYSF-related condition, DYSF-related disorders.

## Similar variants {#similar}

Related DYSF variant pages (same residue, condition, or type): [DYSF p.Arg285Gln](/variant/dysf-p-arg285gln), [DYSF c.1003-3C>A](/variant/dysf-c-1003-minus-3c-a), [DYSF c.1033+1G>A](/variant/dysf-c-1033-plus-1g-a), [DYSF c.1033+4A>T](/variant/dysf-c-1033-plus-4a-t), [DYSF c.1033+5G>A](/variant/dysf-c-1033-plus-5g-a), [DYSF c.1149+1G>A](/variant/dysf-c-1149-plus-1g-a), [DYSF c.1149+1G>C](/variant/dysf-c-1149-plus-1g-c), [DYSF c.1149+4A>G](/variant/dysf-c-1149-plus-4a-g).

### Data sources & attribution {#sources}

ClinVar (NCBI — public domain, built 2026-10-14); gnomAD v4.1 (Broad Institute, built 2026-10-15); AlphaMissense (Cheng et al. 2023, © Google DeepMind — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-01-27); REVEL (Ioannidis et al. 2016 — ODbL, built 2026-07-13); SaProt (Su et al. 2023 — MIT, built 2026-10-14); SpliceAI (Illumina — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-13); CADD (Rentzsch et al. 2019, University of Washington — free for non-commercial use, built 2026-10-10); Conservation (phyloP/phastCons/GERP) (UCSC hg38 470-way mammal (Hiller Lab) + Ensembl Compara, built 2026-07-12); gnomAD Non-coding Constraint (Gnocchi) (Chen et al. 2024, Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-11); gnomAD Regional Missense Constraint (Broad Institute — CC0, built 2026-10-13); Pangolin (Zeng & Li 2022 — CC BY 4.0, built 2026-10-11); Repeat regions (UCSC — RepeatMasker, TRF, segmental duplications, built 2026-10-11); ClinGen (ClinGen, built 2026-09-22); UniProt (CC BY 4.0); Reactome / GO (CC BY 4.0, built 2026-09-23); MaveDB (per-record license, built 2026-10-11); CIViC (CC0, built 2026-09-22); Orphanet (Orphanet, built 2026-06-12)

*Primary record: NCBI ClinVar (variation 284800). Classifications reflect these databases as of the page's build date and may change. Free reference use — not medical advice; consult the primary submitters and a clinician.*