Is COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G) pathogenic?

COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G) is classified Benign/Likely benign in COL4A4 (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 6 submitters; last evaluated 2026-01-31). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.0736); Low-frequency (popmax 2.06%, afr); Associated with Alport syndrome.

What condition is associated with COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G)?

COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G) is associated with Alport syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G) in the general population?

COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G) is low-frequency (popmax 2.06%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Alport syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala (c.3871C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.0736) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

COL4A4 p.Pro1291Ala

c.3871C>G · rs34728338 · VCV767863

Benign/Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Benign/Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 6 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.0736 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

low-frequency (popmax 2.06%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Alport syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.0736	likely benign
REVEL	0.529	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -8.46	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 9.8	GERP 0.69, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.91	unconstrained · MANE · 140 kb · p 1.4e-05 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	21.9	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 2.06% African / African-American · 1,545/75,032 alleles

Filtering AF 1.97% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 1.94%

Overall 0.114% 1,842/1,613,988 alleles · low-frequency

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
African / African-Americangrpmax	2.06%	49
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	0.123%	812
Admixed American	0.11%	909
Middle Eastern	0.066%	1,516
European (non-Finnish)	0.012%	8,309
South Asian	0.00769%	13,008
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	0.00338%	29,596

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: COL4A4
Protein: p.Pro1291Ala
Coding: c.3871C>G
MANE Select: NM_000092
dbSNP: rs34728338
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:227030545 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.607 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 49.03 · 2 PDB
Residue 1291: the 'triple-helical region' region; the 'disordered' region

Full COL4A4 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

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

For Alport syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant
Onset: Adolescent, Adult, Childhood, Elderly

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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/col4a4-p-pro1291ala (accessed [today's date]).

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