Is VCL p.Arg502= (c.1506G>A) pathogenic?

VCL p.Arg502= (c.1506G>A) is classified Benign in VCL (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 12 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-04). Common (popmax 21.2%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with VCL p.Arg502= (c.1506G>A)?

VCL p.Arg502= (c.1506G>A) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype, dilated cardiomyopathy 1W (ClinVar).

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Q: How common is VCL p.Arg502= (c.1506G>A) in the general population?

VCL p.Arg502= (c.1506G>A) is common (popmax 21.2%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.1506G>A · rs2228373 · VCV45580

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 12 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 21.2%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 0.48	GERP -2.5, phastCons 0.99
Overall
CADD	7.667	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 21.2% African / African-American · 15,859/74,960 alleles

Filtering AF 20.9% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 20.8%

Overall 1.48% 23,922/1,614,038 alleles · common exomes 14,452/1,461,806 · genomes 9,470/152,232 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	21.2%	5
Middle Eastern	2.11%	47
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	2.01%	50
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	1.92%	52
Admixed American	1.59%	63
European (non-Finnish)	0.408%	245
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	0.329%	304
South Asian	0.311%	322
East Asian	0.107%	935
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.0453%	2,208

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: VCL
Protein: p.Arg502=
Coding: c.1506G>A
MANE Select: NM_014000
dbSNP: rs2228373
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr10:74094424 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.461 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 86.69 · 37 PDB
Residue 502: the 'n-terminal globular head' region; the '3 x 112 aa tandem repeats' region; an α-helix

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

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: dilated cardiomyopathy 1W

Similar variants

VCL p.Arg502Gln Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
VCL c.1176+4G>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
VCL c.1352+5G>A Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
VCL c.1543+1G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
VCL c.1543+4A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
VCL c.1743+6A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
VCL c.1744-1G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
VCL c.2022+5G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition

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/vcl-p-arg502 (accessed [today's date]).

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