COL18A1 p.Ala652=
c.1956G>A · rs372310838 · VCV1124966
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.074%, eas)
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 -0.095 | GERP -2.5 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 8.849 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.074%
East Asian · 33/44,566 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0541%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0474%
Overall
0.00631%
101/1,600,570 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 86/1,448,412 · genomes 15/152,158 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| East Asiangrpmax | 0.074% | 1,350 |
| African / African-American | 0.0187% | 5,334 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.0129% | 7,731 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00384% | 26,072 |
| Admixed American | 0.0017% | 58,810 |
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
- COL18A1
- Protein
- p.Ala652=
- Coding
- c.1956G>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001379500
- dbSNP
- rs372310838
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr21:45489518 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.001 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 51.77 · 9 PDB
- Residue 652
- the 'disordered' region; the 'nonhelical region 1 (nc1)' region
Similar variants
- COL18A1 p.Ala652Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
- COL18A1 p.Ala652fs Pathogenic ★ same residue
- COL18A1 c.1897-2A>G Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- COL18A1 c.2157+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- COL18A1 c.2577+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- COL18A1 c.3013+3A>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
- COL18A1 c.3809+2T>C Pathogenic ★★ same type
- COL18A1 c.798+1G>T Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
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/col18a1-p-ala652 (accessed [today's date]).
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