Is LIMS2 p.Pro97= (c.291G>A) pathogenic?

LIMS2 p.Pro97= (c.291G>A) is classified Benign in LIMS2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-01-23). Low-frequency (popmax 1.86%, afr); Associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2W.

What condition is associated with LIMS2 p.Pro97= (c.291G>A)?

LIMS2 p.Pro97= (c.291G>A) is associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2W (ClinVar).

How common is LIMS2 p.Pro97= (c.291G>A) in the general population?

LIMS2 p.Pro97= (c.291G>A) is low-frequency (popmax 1.86%, afr) (gnomAD).

LIMS2 p.Pro97=

c.291G>A · rs11900522 · VCV475547

Benign Single submitter

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

low-frequency (popmax 1.86%, afr)

Conditions

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2W

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -20	GERP -3.5
Overall
CADD	0.983	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 1.86% African / African-American · 1,396/75,042 alleles

Filtering AF 1.78% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.75%

Overall 0.0987% 1,593/1,614,128 alleles · low-frequency exomes 855/1,461,808 · genomes 738/152,320 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	1.86%	54
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.158%	631
Middle Eastern	0.0825%	1,212
Admixed American	0.0783%	1,277
South Asian	0.0143%	7,006
East Asian	0.00669%	14,959
European (non-Finnish)	0.00254%	39,334

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: LIMS2
Protein: p.Pro97=
Coding: c.291G>A
MANE Select: NM_001161403
dbSNP: rs11900522
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:127654492 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.985 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 87.16 · 1 PDB
Residue 97: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in mdrcmtt; uncertain significance); the lim zinc-binding 2 domain

Full LIMS2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2W — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

LIMS2 p.Pro97Leu Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
LIMS2 p.Pro97Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
LIMS2 c.11+1287G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
LIMS2 c.11+1305G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
LIMS2 c.12-6769C>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
LIMS2 c.754-2A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
LIMS2 p.Ala110Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
LIMS2 p.Ala212Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/lims2-p-pro97 (accessed [today's date]).

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