Is KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C) pathogenic?

KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C) is classified Uncertain significance in KIT (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-10-23). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9726); Very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas); Associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

What condition is associated with KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C)?

KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C) is associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumor, hereditary neoplastic syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C) in the general population?

KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas) (gnomAD).

How is Gastrointestinal stromal tumor inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Not applicable (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about KIT p.Val852Ala (c.2555T>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9726) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

KIT p.Val852Ala

c.2555T>C · rs780998847 · VCV1430082

Uncertain significance Multiple submitters

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9726 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00446%, eas)

Missense predictors

3/3 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt

Conditions

gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9726	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.895	moderately pathogenic-leaning
SaProt	LLR -11.32	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense, REVEL and SaProt all call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.9	GERP 2.6, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.46	unconstrained · MANE · 4,810 bp · p 2.2e-10 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	27.6	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean damaging — a triage signal, not a reclassification

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

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00446% East Asian · 2/44,884 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000739% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000276%

Overall 0.000124% 2/1,614,158 alleles · very rare exomes 2/1,461,836 · genomes 0/152,322 · joint denominator

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.Val852Ala
Coding: c.2555T>C
MANE Select: NM_000222
dbSNP: rs780998847
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr4:54736568 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.24 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 78.52 · 65 PDB
Residue 852: the protein kinase domain; an α-helix

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

Disease context

gastrointestinal stromal tumor — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: hereditary neoplastic syndrome

For Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Not applicable
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

KIT p.Val852Gly Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
KIT p.Val852= Likely benign ★★ same residue
KIT p.Val852Ile Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ★ ⚠ same residue
KIT p.Val852Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
KIT p.Val852Phe Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
KIT p.Ala621Thr Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Asp820Tyr Pathogenic ★★ same condition
KIT p.Gln190Ter 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-val852ala (accessed [today's date]).

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