Is SUN1 p.Pro783His (c.2348C>A) pathogenic?

SUN1 p.Pro783His (c.2348C>A) is classified Uncertain significance in SUN1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-03-18). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.

What condition is associated with SUN1 p.Pro783His (c.2348C>A)?

SUN1 p.Pro783His (c.2348C>A) is associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is SUN1 p.Pro783His (c.2348C>A) in the general population?

SUN1 p.Pro783His (c.2348C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy inherited?

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

SUN1 p.Pro783His

c.2348C>A · rs755364227 · VCV570996

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

Conditions

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.28	benign-leaning
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.7	GERP 5.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.79	unconstrained · MANE · 13 kb · p 0.0008 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	24.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,926 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000292% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000211%

Overall 0.000558% 9/1,613,870 alleles · very rare exomes 6/1,461,636 · genomes 3/152,234 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,926
European (non-Finnish)	0.000678%	147,483

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: SUN1
Protein: p.Pro783His
Coding: c.2348C>A
MANE Select: NM_001130965
dbSNP: rs755364227
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:873321 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.712 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 60.99 · 8 PDB
Residue 783: the sun domain; a β-strand; the 'sufficient for interaction with syne1 and syne2' region

Full SUN1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked 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/sun1-p-pro783his (accessed [today's date]).

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