About KRAS
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Pathogenic.A pathogenic classification under the recorded framework.
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The recorded framework is ClinGen KRAS VCEP v1.0. The criteria and strengths shown below come from the saved assessment; this page does not recalculate the classification.
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Three unique VCEP-approved functional assay types (RAS Activation Assay, MEK Activation Assay, ERK Activation Assay) demonstrate a damaging effect for KRAS V14I. PMID 20949621 directly tested V14I, showing approximately 30-fold increase in nucleotide exchange, accumulation in the GTP-bound state, and increased phosphorylation of MEK, ERK, and AKT. The VCEP supplemental spreadsheet lists V14I as a validated pathogenic control across all three approved assay types. Per VCEP supplemental guidance, two or more unique assay types upgrades PS3 to moderate strength.
KRAS V14I has been identified in at least 5 independent probands with RASopathy phenotypes across multiple publications and clinical laboratories. PMID 16474405 first reported V14I in Noonan syndrome. Additional probands are documented in PMID 17056636, PMID 17704260, PMID 18958496, and PMID 19020799. The variant has been classified as Pathogenic by 19 clinical laboratories and by the ClinGen RASopathy VCEP (ClinVar ID 12589), further supporting multiple independent occurrences.
Val14 is located within the P-loop (phosphate-binding loop), an approved functional domain per the VCEP supplemental PM1 materials (HRAS residues 10-17; homologous in KRAS per Group 1: HRAS, KRAS, NRAS). The P-loop is critical for GTP/GDP binding and is a well-established mutational hotspot in RAS proteins. The variant is absent from population databases at meaningful frequency with no benign variation at this residue.
PMID 16474405 reports KRAS V14I as a de novo germline mutation in a patient with Noonan syndrome and no family history. Paternity and maternity confirmation are not documented in the available abstract. Per VCEP PM6 moderate rule, confirmed de novo without confirmation of paternity and maternity qualifies at moderate strength.
The VCEP explicitly states that PP2 is applicable to all RASopathy genes described and curated in the framework. KRAS is a RASopathy gene with a low rate of benign missense variation, and missense variants are a common mechanism of disease in RASopathies.
Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect. REVEL score is 0.803 (pathogenic range). BayesDel score is 0.29 (borderline but consistent with deleterious). SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact (max delta 0.01). The variant substitutes a highly conserved valine with isoleucine in the P-loop, a critical functional domain.
Expert panel ClinGen RASopathy Variant Curation Expert Panel classified as Pathogenic.
No benign criterion marked as applied in the recorded assessment.
ClinGen RASopathy Expert Panel Specifications to the ACMG/AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines Version 1.0 v1.0 lacked a usable explicit final combination framework, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 final-combination rules were applied as fallback; applied criteria: PS3 moderate, PS4 strong, PM1 moderate, PM6 moderate, PP2 supporting, PP3 supporting, PP5 supporting; combination = 1 strong + 3 moderate + 3 supporting, which maps to Pathogenic.
Evidence summaries and captured source records, where available. Missing entries should not be interpreted as negative findings.
gnomAD v4.1: 2 / 1,612,846 alleles. Recorded AF 1.24004e-06. Recorded homozygote count 0.
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/249502 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/16070 alleles, homozygotes = 0).
Absent from gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
Recorded SpliceAI maximum delta score: 0.010. Refer to the recorded PP3/BP4 rationale for interpretation.
19 Pathogenic · 1 pathogenic. ClinVar API review status: reviewed by expert panel.
OncoKB identified variant-specific curated literature and context relevant to functional review; biological-effect context: Likely Gain-of-function; curated oncogenicity label: Likely Oncogenic.
This variant has previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV55501342, n = 46 times).
This variant lies in a statistically significant hotspot.
ACMG/AMP criteria under ClinGen KRAS VCEP v1.0, with the data and sources behind each one.
27 criteria with recorded statuses: 7 met · 12 not met · 1 not assessed · 7 not applicable. Open any row for the full reasoning, the rule and the evidence behind it.
NM_033360.4:c.40G>A (p.Val14Ile) is located in the P-loop, a critical functional domain of KRAS designated as a PM1 hotspot by the ClinGen RASopathy VCEP.
Variant-specific functional studies (PMID 20949621) demonstrate that KRAS V14I causes approximately 30-fold increase in nucleotide exchange, accumulation in the GTP-bound state, and increased downstream signaling through MEK, ERK, and AKT. Three VCEP-approved functional assay types (RAS Activation, MEK Activation, ERK Activation) confirm a damaging gain-of-function effect, satisfying PS3 at moderate strength.
KRAS V14I was first reported as a de novo germline mutation in a patient with Noonan syndrome (PMID 16474405) and has subsequently been identified in at least 5 independent probands across multiple publications, satisfying PS4 at strong strength.
The de novo occurrence without confirmed paternity and maternity satisfies PM6 at moderate strength per VCEP criteria.
PP2 applies at supporting strength per VCEP specification that PP2 is applicable to all RASopathy genes. PP3 applies at supporting strength based on REVEL score of 0.803 and multiple lines of computational evidence supporting a deleterious effect.
This variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1 and present at extremely low frequency in gnomAD v4.1 (2/1,612,846; AF=0.00012%), well below the VCEP BS1 (0.025%) and BA1 (0.05%) thresholds.
The ClinGen RASopathy Expert Panel classifies this variant as Pathogenic (ClinVar ID 12589), consistent with the evidence assessment herein.
No criteria match.
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No further detail was recorded.
Every interpreted variant in KRAS, mapped onto the exon structure of NM_033360.4. Select a row to find it on the plot.
| Protein | Location | Classification | Link |
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| European (non-Finnish)2 / 1,179,292 | 1.7e-06 |
This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 1.24004e-06; MAF= 0.00012%, 2/1612846 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the European (non-Finnish) population (AF= 1.69593e-06; MAF= 0.00017%, 2/1179292 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 2.8e-07.
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/249502 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/16070 alleles, homozygotes = 0).
Absent from gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.01). REVEL score = 0.803. BayesDel score = 0.289645.
8 paper records listed. 3 cited in the classification.
We discovered de novo germline KRAS mutations that introduce V14I, T58I or D153V in five PTPN11-negative individuals with Noonan syndrome.
Location Abstract
Two mutant KRAS proteins, V14I and T58I, affecting the P-loop and Switch II in the G domain, respectively, have less GTPase activity, basally and after stimulation with a GAP protein, than wild-type KRAS but more than the oncogenic G12D.
Location New Noonan syndrome gene discovery–KRAS section, paragraph 3
The most significant effect was an increase in dissociation of the fluorescently labeled GDP (mantGDP) from RAS mutants by almost 30-fold in the case of p.V14I and p.Q22E, and more than 60-fold in p.F156L.
Location Results throughout; Table 1; Figures 2-5; Discussion Class B
Context COS-7 cells transiently transfected with KRAS variants; recombinant HRAS proteins expressed in E. coli; GST pull-down assays using RAF1-RBD; fluorescence-based nucleotide exchange and GTP hydrolysis assays
NS-associated K-Ras proteins (V14I and T58I K-Ras) are gain-of-function alleles that are less activated than oncogenic G12D K-Ras by a variety of biochemical and functional criteria (24).
Introduction; Table 1
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This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 1.24004e-06; MAF= 0.00012%, 2/1612846 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the European (non-Finnish) population (AF= 1.69593e-06; MAF= 0.00017%, 2/1179292 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 2.8e-07.
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/249502 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/16070 alleles, homozygotes = 0).
Absent from gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (19 clinical laboratories) and as pathogenic (1 clinical laboratory) and as Pathogenic by ClinGen RASopathy Variant Curation Expert Panel (expert panel). (ClinVarID = 12589)
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.01). REVEL score = 0.803. BayesDel score = 0.289645.
OncoKB identified variant-specific curated literature and context relevant to functional review; biological-effect context: Likely Gain-of-function; curated oncogenicity label: Likely Oncogenic.
This variant lies in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV55501342, n = 46 times).
This variant lies in a statistically significant hotspot.