Is EPHB2 p.Glu246Lys (c.736G>A) pathogenic?

EPHB2 p.Glu246Lys (c.736G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in EPHB2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-11-10). AlphaMissense: ambiguous (0.3798); Very rare (popmax 0.00668%, eas).

How common is EPHB2 p.Glu246Lys (c.736G>A) in the general population?

EPHB2 p.Glu246Lys (c.736G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00668%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EPHB2 p.Glu246Lys (c.736G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts ambiguous (score 0.3798) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EPHB2 p.Glu246Lys

c.736G>A · VCV3509364

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

ambiguous

0.3798 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00668%, eas)

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.3798	ambiguous
REVEL	0.491	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -7.54	tolerated
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 12	GERP 2.5, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.73	unconstrained · MANE · 203 kb · p 2.4e-23 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	33.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00668% East Asian · 3/44,900 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00177% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000891%

Overall 0.00136% 22/1,613,798 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00668%	14,967
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00314%	31,836
European (non-Finnish)	0.00136%	73,754
South Asian	0.0011%	91,094

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: EPHB2
Protein: p.Glu246Lys
Coding: c.736G>A
MANE Select: NM_017449
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr1:22785001 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.265 · pLI 1.00 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 80.41 · 5 PDB

Full EPHB2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

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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/ephb2-p-glu246lys (accessed [today's date]).

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