Is COL2A1 p.Pro146Ser (c.436C>T) pathogenic?

COL2A1 p.Pro146Ser (c.436C>T) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in COL2A1 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 3 submitters; last evaluated 2026-02-02). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.064); Ultra-rare (popmax 0.0111%, eas).

How common is COL2A1 p.Pro146Ser (c.436C>T) in the general population?

COL2A1 p.Pro146Ser (c.436C>T) is ultra-rare (popmax 0.0111%, eas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about COL2A1 p.Pro146Ser (c.436C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.064) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

COL2A1 p.Pro146Ser

c.436C>T · rs1181216326 · VCV1021794

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 3 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.064 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

ultra-rare (popmax 0.0111%, eas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.064	likely benign
REVEL	0.517	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -7.60	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.9	GERP 1.8, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.83	unconstrained · MANE · 7,716 bp · p 0.0078 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	22.0	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.0111% East Asian · 5/44,892 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00434% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00276%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,613,954 alleles · ultra-rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
East Asiangrpmax	0.0111%	8,978
African / African-American	0.00133%	74,908

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: COL2A1
Protein: p.Pro146Ser
Coding: c.436C>T
MANE Select: NM_001844
dbSNP: rs1181216326
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr12:47997701 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.183 · pLI 1.00 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 53.56 · 11 PDB
Residue 146: the 'disordered' region

Full COL2A1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Similar variants

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COL2A1 c.1024-2A>C Pathogenic ★★ same type
COL2A1 c.1069-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
COL2A1 c.1221+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same type
COL2A1 c.1222-2A>G Pathogenic ★★ same type
COL2A1 c.1365+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same type
COL2A1 c.1420-1G>A 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/col2a1-p-pro146ser (accessed [today's date]).

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