Is EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) pathogenic?

EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in EPHB4 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-03-18). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1087); Very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T)?

EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) in the general population?

EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about EPHB4 p.Ala70Val (c.209C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1087) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

EPHB4 p.Ala70Val

c.209C>T · rs1364215320 · VCV1785858

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1087 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.005%, amr)

Missense predictors

0/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1087	likely benign
REVEL	0.175	moderately benign-leaning
SaProt	LLR -6.70	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 6.6	GERP -4.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.88	unconstrained · MANE · 14 kb · p 0.00047 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	23.1	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 0.005% Admixed American · 3/59,950 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00133% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000668%

Overall 0.000434% 7/1,612,786 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.005%	19,983
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0048%	20,816
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,946

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: EPHB4
Protein: p.Ala70Val
Coding: c.209C>T
MANE Select: NM_004444
dbSNP: rs1364215320
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:100823846 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.645 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.46 · 23 PDB
Residue 70: a disulfide bond; the eph lbd domain; a β-strand

Full EPHB4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Cardiovascular phenotype — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

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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/ephb4-p-ala70val (accessed [today's date]).

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