COL18A1 p.Pro987=
c.2961C>A · rs369702868 · VCV1120366
Likely benign
Multiple submitters
Classification
Likely benign
ClinVar
Review
Multiple submitters ★★☆☆
ClinVar · 2 submitters
gnomAD v4.1
Rare
ultra-rare (popmax 0.062%, afr)
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 -8.4 | GERP -2.5 |
| Overall | ||
| CADD | 0.026 | PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree |
Population frequency
gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes
Grpmax group
0.062%
African / African-American · 43/69,306 alleles
Filtering AF
0.0473%
ClinGen BA1/BS1 input
FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.0421%
Overall
0.00665%
105/1,579,480 alleles · ultra-rare
exomes 83/1,430,414 · genomes 22/149,066 · joint denominator
| Ancestry group | Frequency | 1 in |
|---|---|---|
| African / African-Americangrpmax | 0.062% | 1,612 |
| Middle Eastern | 0.0508% | 1,969 |
| South Asian | 0.0337% | 2,969 |
| Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00686% | 14,584 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.00215% | 46,407 |
| Admixed American | 0.00171% | 58,394 |
| Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible | 0.00164% | 61,118 |
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.Pro987=
- Coding
- c.2961C>A
- MANE Select
- NM_001379500
- dbSNP
- rs369702868
- Type
- single nucleotide variant
- Location
- chr21:45505226 (GRCh38)
- Gene constraint
- LOEUF 1.001 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
- Structure
- AlphaFold pLDDT 51.77 · 9 PDB
- Residue 987
- the 'triple-helical region 3 (col3)' region; the 'disordered' region
Similar variants
- COL18A1 p.Pro987fs 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
- COL18A1 c.928+2T>C 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-pro987 (accessed [today's date]).
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