Is SUN2 p.Ile531= (c.1593C>T) pathogenic?

SUN2 p.Ile531= (c.1593C>T) is classified Likely benign in SUN2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-11-06). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.

What condition is associated with SUN2 p.Ile531= (c.1593C>T)?

SUN2 p.Ile531= (c.1593C>T) is associated with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (ClinVar).

How common is SUN2 p.Ile531= (c.1593C>T) in the general population?

SUN2 p.Ile531= (c.1593C>T) 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.

SUN2 p.Ile531=

c.1593C>T · rs777909776 · VCV2996550

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr)

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 -5.8	GERP -5.1
Overall
CADD	4.774	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/74,932 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000429% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000312%

Overall 0.000682% 11/1,612,972 alleles · very rare exomes 9/1,460,738 · genomes 2/152,234 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	74,932
European (non-Finnish)	0.000847%	118,002

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.Ile531=
Coding: c.1593C>T
MANE Select: NM_015374
dbSNP: rs777909776
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:38739412 (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-ile531 (accessed [today's date]).

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