Is CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C) pathogenic?

CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C) is classified Uncertain significance in CHRNA3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2024-05-21). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9179); Very rare (popmax 0.00347%, nfe); Associated with SMOKING AS A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 3.

What condition is associated with CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C)?

CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C) is associated with SMOKING AS A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 3, urinary bladder, atony of (ClinVar).

How common is CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C) in the general population?

CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C) is very rare (popmax 0.00347%, nfe) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro (c.110G>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9179) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

CHRNA3 p.Arg37Pro

c.110G>C · VCV3577777

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9179 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00347%, nfe)

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

SMOKING AS A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 3

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9179	likely pathogenic
REVEL	0.641	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -12.91	damaging
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this damaging; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.85	unconstrained · MANE · 24 kb · p 0.00014 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	26.4	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 0.00347% European (non-Finnish) · 41/1,179,982 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00259% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00233%

Overall 0.00254% 41/1,613,610 alleles · very rare

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: CHRNA3
Protein: p.Arg37Pro
Coding: c.110G>C
MANE Select: NM_000743
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr15:78618888 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.065 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 81.97 · 5 PDB
Residue 37: a UniProt-annotated variant site (in); an α-helix

Full CHRNA3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

SMOKING AS A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS 3 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: urinary bladder, atony of

Similar variants

CHRNA3 p.Arg37His Benign ★ ⚠ same residue
CHRNA3 p.Trp180Ter Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
CHRNA3 p.Arg477His Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHRNA3 p.Asn92Ser Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHRNA3 p.Asp230Asn Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHRNA3 p.Gly390Ala Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHRNA3 p.Gly493Ala Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
CHRNA3 p.Leu380Val Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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/chrna3-p-arg37pro (accessed [today's date]).

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