Is KIT p.Asn495= (c.1485C>T) pathogenic?

KIT p.Asn495= (c.1485C>T) is classified Benign/Likely benign in KIT (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-06-03). Very rare (popmax 0.00769%, sas); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with KIT p.Asn495= (c.1485C>T)?

KIT p.Asn495= (c.1485C>T) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumor (ClinVar).

How common is KIT p.Asn495= (c.1485C>T) in the general population?

KIT p.Asn495= (c.1485C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00769%, sas) (gnomAD).

KIT p.Asn495=

c.1485C>T · rs775498908 · VCV706126

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00769%, sas)

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic 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 -1.9	GERP 1.6
Overall
CADD	11.9	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00769% South Asian · 7/91,078 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00359% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00255%

Overall 0.000752% 11/1,461,820 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00769%	13,011
Admixed American	0.00167%	60,024
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00156%	64,028
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	589,991

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: KIT
Protein: p.Asn495=
Coding: c.1485C>T
MANE Select: NM_000222
dbSNP: rs775498908
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:54725995 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.24 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.52 · 65 PDB
Residue 495: the ig-like c2-type 5 domain

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

Disease context

hereditary neoplastic syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: gastrointestinal stromal tumor

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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/kit-p-asn495 (accessed [today's date]).

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