Is KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A) pathogenic?

KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A) is classified Uncertain significance in KIT (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 4 submitters; last evaluated 2026-04-24). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1004); Very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas); Associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome.

What condition is associated with KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A)?

KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A) is associated with hereditary neoplastic syndrome, piebaldism, testicular germ cell tumor (ClinVar).

How common is KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A) in the general population?

KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A) is very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about KIT p.Glu898Lys (c.2692G>A)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1004) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

KIT p.Glu898Lys

c.2692G>A · rs1722948356 · VCV836021

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 4 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1004 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00223%, eas)

Missense predictors

1/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

hereditary neoplastic syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1004	likely benign
REVEL	0.697	pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -8.00	tolerated
⇒ REVEL calls this damaging; AlphaMissense and SaProt do not.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 8.7	GERP 2.3, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 1.01	unconstrained · MANE · 1,746 bp · p 0.88 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	28.1	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00223% East Asian · 1/44,868 alleles

Overall 0.000124% 2/1,613,642 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.00223%	44,868
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,928

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.Glu898Lys
Coding: c.2692G>A
MANE Select: NM_000222
dbSNP: rs1722948356
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:54736816 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.24 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.52 · 65 PDB
Residue 898: the protein kinase domain; an α-helix

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: piebaldism testicular germ cell tumor gastrointestinal stromal tumor acute myeloid leukemia cutaneous mastocytosis

Similar variants

KIT p.Glu898Ala Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
KIT p.Glu898Gln Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
KIT p.Ala621Thr Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Asp816His Pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Asp820Tyr Pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Gln190Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Leu576Pro Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Lys642Glu Pathogenic ★★ same condition

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-glu898lys (accessed [today's date]).

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