Is SUN2 p.Gly578= (c.1734C>A) pathogenic?

SUN2 p.Gly578= (c.1734C>A) is classified Likely benign in SUN2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-09-23). Very rare (popmax 0.00246%, nfe); Associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.

What condition is associated with SUN2 p.Gly578= (c.1734C>A)?

SUN2 p.Gly578= (c.1734C>A) is associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is SUN2 p.Gly578= (c.1734C>A) in the general population?

SUN2 p.Gly578= (c.1734C>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00246%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy inherited?

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

SUN2 p.Gly578=

c.1734C>A · rs537241816 · VCV2144431

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00246%, nfe)

Conditions

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

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Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not looked up on this page · why
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 0.77	GERP -2.9, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	13.2	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00246% European (non-Finnish) · 29/1,179,024 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00173% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00149%

Overall 0.0018% 29/1,612,342 alleles · very rare exomes 28/1,460,206 · genomes 1/152,136 · 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: SUN2
Protein: p.Gly578=
Coding: c.1734C>A
MANE Select: NM_015374
dbSNP: rs537241816
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:38738918 (GRCh38)

Full SUN2 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)

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/sun2-p-gly578 (accessed [today's date]).

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