Is HRAS p.Leu79= (c.235C>T) pathogenic?

HRAS p.Leu79= (c.235C>T) is classified Likely benign in HRAS (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-09-01). Very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr); Associated with Costello syndrome.

What condition is associated with HRAS p.Leu79= (c.235C>T)?

HRAS p.Leu79= (c.235C>T) is associated with Costello syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is HRAS p.Leu79= (c.235C>T) in the general population?

HRAS p.Leu79= (c.235C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr) (gnomAD).

HRAS p.Leu79=

c.235C>T · rs193163027 · VCV1126877

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00167%, amr)

Conditions

Costello syndrome

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 9.6	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	1.756	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00167% Admixed American · 1/60,006 alleles

Filtering AF 2.8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.1e-05%

Overall 0.000248% 4/1,613,272 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00167%	60,006
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,910
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	590,005

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: HRAS
Protein: p.Leu79=
Coding: c.235C>T
MANE Select: NM_005343
dbSNP: rs193163027
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:533821 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.893 · pLI 0.02 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 92.50 · 256 PDB
Residue 79: a β-strand

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

Disease context

Costello syndrome — 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/hras-p-leu79 (accessed [today's date]).

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