Is EPHB4 p.Thr156= (c.468C>T) pathogenic?

EPHB4 p.Thr156= (c.468C>T) is classified Likely benign in EPHB4 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2025-02-26). Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0358%, eas); Associated with Cardiovascular phenotype.

What condition is associated with EPHB4 p.Thr156= (c.468C>T)?

EPHB4 p.Thr156= (c.468C>T) is associated with Cardiovascular phenotype (ClinVar).

How common is EPHB4 p.Thr156= (c.468C>T) in the general population?

EPHB4 p.Thr156= (c.468C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0358%, eas) (gnomAD).

EPHB4 p.Thr156=

c.468C>T · rs536233149 · VCV1742455

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0358%, eas)

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 -20	GERP -4.1
Overall
CADD	0.034	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0358% East Asian · 16/44,642 alleles

Filtering AF 0.0224% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0183%

Overall 0.00355% 57/1,604,428 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.0358%	2,790
Middle Eastern	0.0166%	6,028
Admixed American	0.0151%	6,602
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.00323%	30,993
European (non-Finnish)	0.00238%	41,932
South Asian	0.00111%	90,384

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.Thr156=
Coding: c.468C>T
MANE Select: NM_004444
dbSNP: rs536233149
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:100822611 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.645 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 82.46 · 23 PDB
Residue 156: a β-strand; a disulfide bond; a UniProt-annotated variant site (in cmavm2); 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-thr156 (accessed [today's date]).

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