Is EPHB4 p.Leu279= (c.837G>A) pathogenic?

EPHB4 p.Leu279= (c.837G>A) is classified Likely benign in EPHB4 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-14). Very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with EPHB4 p.Leu279= (c.837G>A)?

EPHB4 p.Leu279= (c.837G>A) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is EPHB4 p.Leu279= (c.837G>A) in the general population?

EPHB4 p.Leu279= (c.837G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr) (gnomAD).

EPHB4 p.Leu279=

c.837G>A · rs1274671001 · VCV2450399

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00534%, afr)

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 -0.2	GERP -0.84
Overall
CADD	7.177	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00534% African / African-American · 4/74,894 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00175% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00104%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,613,834 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00534%	18,724
South Asian	0.0011%	91,082
European (non-Finnish)	8.47e-05%	1,179,997

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.Leu279=
Coding: c.837G>A
MANE Select: NM_004444
dbSNP: rs1274671001
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:100820268 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.645 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.46 · 23 PDB
Residue 279: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cmavm2)

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-leu279 (accessed [today's date]).

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