Is EPHB4 p.His53= (c.159C>T) pathogenic?

EPHB4 p.His53= (c.159C>T) is classified Likely benign in EPHB4 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2026-03-07). Very rare (popmax 0.000255%, nfe); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with EPHB4 p.His53= (c.159C>T)?

EPHB4 p.His53= (c.159C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is EPHB4 p.His53= (c.159C>T) in the general population?

EPHB4 p.His53= (c.159C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.000255%, nfe) (gnomAD).

EPHB4 p.His53=

c.159C>T · VCV4826566

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000255%, nfe)

Conditions

Cardiovascular phenotype

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 2.6	GERP 1.3, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	8.743	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000255% European (non-Finnish) · 3/1,175,352 alleles

Filtering AF 6.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.9e-05%

Overall 0.000207% 3/1,451,554 alleles · very rare

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.His53=
Coding: c.159C>T
MANE Select: NM_004444
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:100823896 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.645 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.46 · 23 PDB
Residue 53: the eph lbd domain

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-his53 (accessed [today's date]).

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