Is COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C) pathogenic?

COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C) is classified Likely pathogenic in COL6A3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-06-17). AlphaMissense: likely pathogenic (0.9973); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with Bethlem myopathy 1A.

What condition is associated with COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C)?

COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C) is associated with Bethlem myopathy 1A (ClinVar).

How common is COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C) in the general population?

COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C) is absent from gnomAD v4.1 (gnomAD).

How is Bethlem muscular dystrophy inherited?

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

What do computational predictors say about COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro (c.7331G>C)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely pathogenic (score 0.9973) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

COL6A3 p.Arg2444Pro

c.7331G>C · rs895701604 · VCV476555

Likely pathogenic Single submitter

Classification

Likely pathogenic

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely pathogenic

0.9973 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Missense predictors

2/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

Bethlem myopathy 1A

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.9973	likely pathogenic ✓ concordant with ClinVar · top 1% in COL6A3
REVEL	0.921	moderately pathogenic-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this damaging.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 7.6	GERP 1.9, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.95	unconstrained · MANE · 34 kb · p 0.074 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	29.1	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

Absent from gnomAD v4.1. Not observed in any sequenced alleles — a rarity signal (ACMG PM2-supporting), not evidence of pathogenicity on its own.

Variant & gene context

Gene: COL6A3
Protein: p.Arg2444Pro
Coding: c.7331G>C
MANE Select: NM_004369
dbSNP: rs895701604
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:237344687 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.564 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Residue 2444: a β-strand; the vwfa 11 domain; the 'nonhelical region' region

Full COL6A3 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

COL6A3 p.Arg2444Gln Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
COL6A3 p.Arg2444Trp Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
COL6A3 p.Arg2444= Likely benign ★ same residue
COL6A3 c.5838+1G>T Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A3 c.6156+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A3 c.6157-2A>C Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A3 c.6210+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A3 c.6282+1G>A 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/col6a3-p-arg2444pro (accessed [today's date]).

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