Is COL18A1 p.Pro279= (c.837C>G) pathogenic?

COL18A1 p.Pro279= (c.837C>G) is classified Benign in COL18A1 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 6 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-04). Common (popmax 40.1%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with Knobloch syndrome.

What condition is associated with COL18A1 p.Pro279= (c.837C>G)?

COL18A1 p.Pro279= (c.837C>G) is associated with Knobloch syndrome (ClinVar).

COL18A1 p.Pro279=

Q: How common is COL18A1 p.Pro279= (c.837C>G) in the general population?

COL18A1 p.Pro279= (c.837C>G) is common (popmax 40.1%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

c.837C>G · rs2230687 · VCV261886

Benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 6 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 40.1%, afr) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

Knobloch syndrome

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 -13	GERP -2.3
Overall
CADD	0.012	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 40.1% African / African-American · 30,031/74,850 alleles

Filtering AF 39.7% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 39.6%

Overall 12.4% 200,621/1,613,466 alleles · common exomes 170,845/1,461,402 · genomes 29,776/152,064 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	40.1%	2
East Asian	31.9%	3
South Asian	16.4%	6
Middle Eastern	15.2%	7
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	15%	7
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	14.7%	7
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	14.6%	7
Admixed American	13.6%	7
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	11.5%	9
European (non-Finnish)	9.44%	11

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.Pro279=
Coding: c.837C>G
MANE Select: NM_001379500
dbSNP: rs2230687
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr21:45476389 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.001 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 51.77 · 9 PDB

Full COL18A1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Knobloch syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

COL18A1 p.Pro279Ala Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
COL18A1 p.Pro279Leu Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
COL18A1 c.3013+3A>C Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL18A1 c.3809+2T>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL18A1 p.Arg790Ter Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL18A1 c.107-11479C>A Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
COL18A1 c.107-12131C>T Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same condition
COL18A1 c.1311+5G>C 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/col18a1-p-pro279 (accessed [today's date]).

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