Description
The Val2737Ala variant in the DSP gene has not been reported previously as a disease-causing mutation, nor as a benign polymorphism, to our knowledge. Although Val2737Ala results in a conservative substitution of one non-polar amino acid for another, the Val2737 residue is conserved across species. The NHLBI ESP Exome Variant Server reports Val2737Ala in 1/3,737 alleles from individuals of African American ancestry. However, no data from ethnically-matched controls are available to assess for a population-specific benign variant. In addition, few disease-causing missense mutations have been reported in this region of the DSP gene, indicating this region of the protein may tolerate change (Van der Zwaag PA et al., 2009). In summary, with the clinical and molecular information available at this time, we cannot determine whether the Val2737Ala variant is a disease-causing mutation or a rare benign variant. The variant is found in ARVC panel(s).
| # | Sample | Method | Observation |
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| Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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| 1 | germline | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
