Is EPAS1 p.Glu32= (c.96G>A) pathogenic?

EPAS1 p.Glu32= (c.96G>A) is classified Likely benign in EPAS1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2020-10-29). Very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with EPAS1 p.Glu32= (c.96G>A)?

EPAS1 p.Glu32= (c.96G>A) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases (ClinVar).

How common is EPAS1 p.Glu32= (c.96G>A) in the general population?

EPAS1 p.Glu32= (c.96G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00133%, afr) (gnomAD).

EPAS1 p.Glu32=

c.96G>A · rs772679458 · VCV1767893

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

Inborn genetic diseases

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 -2.5, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	8.169	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00133% African / African-American · 1/75,044 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000359% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00026%

Overall 0.000619% 10/1,614,218 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00133%	75,044
European (non-Finnish)	0.000763%	131,116

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: EPAS1
Protein: p.Glu32=
Coding: c.96G>A
MANE Select: NM_001430
dbSNP: rs772679458
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:46346942 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.366 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 59.41 · 43 PDB
Residue 32: the bhlh domain; the 'dna-binding' region

Full EPAS1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

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EPAS1 p.Ala698Pro Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EPAS1 p.Ala758Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EPAS1 p.Ala81Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EPAS1 p.Ala83Asp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
EPAS1 p.Ala94Val 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/epas1-p-glu32 (accessed [today's date]).

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