Is EP300 p.Ala856= (c.2568A>G) pathogenic?

EP300 p.Ala856= (c.2568A>G) is classified Benign in EP300 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-06-22). Rare (popmax 0.169%, afr); Associated with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome due to EP300 haploinsufficiency.

What condition is associated with EP300 p.Ala856= (c.2568A>G)?

EP300 p.Ala856= (c.2568A>G) is associated with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome due to EP300 haploinsufficiency (ClinVar).

How common is EP300 p.Ala856= (c.2568A>G) in the general population?

EP300 p.Ala856= (c.2568A>G) is rare (popmax 0.169%, afr) (gnomAD).

EP300 p.Ala856=

c.2568A>G · rs145037345 · VCV717771

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

rare (popmax 0.169%, afr)

Conditions

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome due to EP300 haploinsufficiency

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 6.7	GERP 2.4, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	11.44	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.169% African / African-American · 126/74,746 alleles

Filtering AF 0.145% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.136%

Overall 0.00948% 153/1,613,246 alleles · rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.169%	593
South Asian	0.0231%	4,335
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0096%	10,415

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: EP300
Protein: p.Ala856=
Coding: c.2568A>G
MANE Select: NM_001429
dbSNP: rs145037345
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr22:41149949 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.164 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 54.88 · 60 PDB
Residue 856: the 'disordered' region

Full EP300 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome due to EP300 haploinsufficiency — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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EP300 p.Arg1055Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
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EP300 p.Arg1462Ter Pathogenic ★★ 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/ep300-p-ala856 (accessed [today's date]).

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