Is SGCD p.Ter291= (c.872G>A) pathogenic?

SGCD p.Ter291= (c.872G>A) is classified Likely benign in SGCD (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2025-04-22). Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F.

What condition is associated with SGCD p.Ter291= (c.872G>A)?

SGCD p.Ter291= (c.872G>A) is associated with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F (ClinVar).

How common is SGCD p.Ter291= (c.872G>A) in the general population?

SGCD p.Ter291= (c.872G>A) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

SGCD p.Ter291=

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.872G>A · VCV4718115

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

Consequence

stop-loss

predicted LoF

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

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.
Consequence	stop-loss	predicted loss-of-function
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 8.3	GERP 2.5, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	12.53	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Predicted loss-of-function is descriptive, not an applied PVS1 code.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: SGCD
Protein: p.Ter291=
Coding: c.872G>A
MANE Select: NM_000337
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr5:156759389 (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-ter291 (accessed [today's date]).

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