Is EPHB6 p.Asp968Asn (c.2902G>A) pathogenic?

EPHB6 p.Asp968Asn (c.2902G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in EPHB6 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-05-25). Very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr).

How common is EPHB6 p.Asp968Asn (c.2902G>A) in the general population?

EPHB6 p.Asp968Asn (c.2902G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr) (gnomAD).

EPHB6 p.Asp968Asn

c.2902G>A · rs143756519 · VCV2290546

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00667%, afr)

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
REVEL	0.465	indeterminate
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 9.8	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	24.7	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00667% African / African-American · 5/74,956 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00255% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00161%

Overall 0.000434% 7/1,614,158 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	0.00667%	14,991
East Asian	0.00223%	44,898
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.0016%	62,488

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: EPHB6
Protein: p.Asp968Asn
Coding: c.2902G>A
MANE Select: NM_004445
dbSNP: rs143756519
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr7:142870627 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.607 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.36 · 1 PDB
Residue 968: the sam domain

Full EPHB6 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/ephb6-p-asp968asn (accessed [today's date]).

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