Is EGFR p.Cys187= (c.561C>T) pathogenic?

EGFR p.Cys187= (c.561C>T) is classified Likely benign in EGFR (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-08-01). Very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas); Associated with EGFR-related lung cancer.

What condition is associated with EGFR p.Cys187= (c.561C>T)?

EGFR p.Cys187= (c.561C>T) is associated with EGFR-related lung cancer, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is EGFR p.Cys187= (c.561C>T) in the general population?

EGFR p.Cys187= (c.561C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas) (gnomAD).

EGFR p.Cys187=

c.561C>T · rs776568205 · VCV1399728

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.0011%, sas)

Conditions

EGFR-related lung cancer

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 1.3	GERP 0.41, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	14.57	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0011% South Asian · 1/91,080 alleles

Overall 6.84e-05% 1/1,461,832 alleles · very rare

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: EGFR
Protein: p.Cys187=
Coding: c.561C>T
MANE Select: NM_005228
dbSNP: rs776568205
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:55151295 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.475 · pLI 0.98 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 76.29 · 393 PDB
Residue 187: a disulfide bond; a UniProt-annotated variant site (variant egfr viii; found in a lung cancer sample; somatic mutation; induces lung cancer when exogenously expressed)

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

Disease context

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Similar variants

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EGFR c.1298+4A>G Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
EGFR c.1298+6T>C Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
EGFR c.1499-3C>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
EGFR c.1499-4G>T Uncertain significance ★★ same condition
EGFR c.1920-3C>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/egfr-p-cys187 (accessed [today's date]).

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