Is COL6A2 p.Ser7= (c.21C>T) pathogenic?

COL6A2 p.Ser7= (c.21C>T) is classified Likely benign in COL6A2 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2021-08-22). Very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas); Associated with Bethlem myopathy 1A.

What condition is associated with COL6A2 p.Ser7= (c.21C>T)?

COL6A2 p.Ser7= (c.21C>T) is associated with Bethlem myopathy 1A (ClinVar).

How common is COL6A2 p.Ser7= (c.21C>T) in the general population?

COL6A2 p.Ser7= (c.21C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas) (gnomAD).

How is Bethlem muscular dystrophy inherited?

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

COL6A2 p.Ser7=

c.21C>T · rs760481395 · VCV1645790

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00439%, sas)

Conditions

Bethlem myopathy 1A

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	<0.2	no splice effect predicted · four deltas, not one · how we know
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -8.2	GERP -3.2
Overall
CADD	4.118	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00439% South Asian · 4/91,068 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00143% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000891%

Overall 0.000372% 6/1,612,578 alleles · very rare exomes 6/1,460,280 · genomes 0/152,298 · joint denominator

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00439%	22,767
African / African-American	0.00133%	75,034
European (non-Finnish)	8.48e-05%	1,179,614

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: COL6A2
Protein: p.Ser7=
Coding: c.21C>T
MANE Select: NM_001849
dbSNP: rs760481395
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr21:46111497 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.895 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 69.58 · 1 PDB

Full COL6A2 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Bethlem myopathy 1A — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Bethlem muscular dystrophy (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive
Onset: Childhood, Infancy
Prevalence: 1-9 / 1 000 000 (United Kingdom)

Similar variants

COL6A2 p.Ser7Phe Uncertain significance ★ ⚠ same residue
COL6A2 c.1000-1G>T Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A2 c.1000-2A>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A2 c.1053+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A2 c.1053+1G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A2 c.1053+2T>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A2 c.1054-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A2 c.115+2T>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ 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/col6a2-p-ser7 (accessed [today's date]).

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