Is SGCD p.Leu79= (c.237A>G) pathogenic?

SGCD p.Leu79= (c.237A>G) is classified Likely benign in SGCD (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-04-07). Very rare (popmax 0.00195%, nfe); Associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F.

What condition is associated with SGCD p.Leu79= (c.237A>G)?

SGCD p.Leu79= (c.237A>G) is associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F (ClinVar).

How common is SGCD p.Leu79= (c.237A>G) in the general population?

SGCD p.Leu79= (c.237A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00195%, nfe) (gnomAD).

SGCD p.Leu79=

Q: How is Delta-sarcoglycan-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R6 inherited?

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

c.237A>G · rs759198194 · VCV1602019

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00195%, nfe)

Conditions

autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F

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 0.71	GERP -5.9, phastCons 0.95
Overall
CADD	5.203	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00195% European (non-Finnish) · 23/1,178,602 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0013% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00109%

Overall 0.00143% 23/1,612,324 alleles · very rare exomes 23/1,459,988 · genomes 0/152,336 · joint denominator

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: SGCD
Protein: p.Leu79=
Coding: c.237A>G
MANE Select: NM_000337
dbSNP: rs759198194
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:156508645 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.88 · pLI 0.05 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.43

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

Disease context

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

For Delta-sarcoglycan-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R6 (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (Europe)

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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/sgcd-p-leu79 (accessed [today's date]).

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