Is EPHA4 c.159+10G>C pathogenic?

EPHA4 c.159+10G>C is classified Likely benign in EPHA4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-11-16). Very rare (popmax 0.000933%, nfe).

How common is EPHA4 c.159+10G>C in the general population?

EPHA4 c.159+10G>C is very rare (popmax 0.000933%, nfe) (gnomAD).

EPHA4 c.159+10G>C

rs1301030914 · VCV3020073

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000933%, nfe)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +10	near-intronic (+10 nt from the splice site)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -3.4	GERP -2.4
Non-coding constraint	Z 1.50	1 kb window · o/e 0.89 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	9.987	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000933% European (non-Finnish) · 11/1,178,960 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000501% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000366%

Overall 0.000744% 12/1,612,016 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,436
European (non-Finnish)grpmax	0.000933%	107,178

Remaining individuals shows a higher raw frequency than the grpmax group above it. gnomAD excludes bottlenecked groups — Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Amish and “Remaining individuals” — from grpmax, because founder effects make their frequencies unrepresentative for filtering. The table is sorted by frequency, so an excluded group can sit above the grpmax row.

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: EPHA4
Coding: c.159+10G>C
MANE Select: NM_004438
dbSNP: rs1301030914
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:221568708 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.256 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 83.93 · 17 PDB

Full EPHA4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/epha4-c-159-plus-10g-c (accessed [today's date]).

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