Is COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G) pathogenic?

COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G) is classified Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity in COL6A3 (ClinVar, Conflicting submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2024-04-23). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.066); Very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas); Associated with Inborn genetic diseases.

What condition is associated with COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G)?

COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G) is associated with Inborn genetic diseases, Bethlem myopathy 1A (ClinVar).

How common is COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G) in the general population?

COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G) is very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas) (gnomAD).

What do computational predictors say about COL6A3 p.Met293Val (c.877A>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.066) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

COL6A3 p.Met293Val

c.877A>G · rs752046618 · VCV1910501

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity Conflicting submitters

Classification

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

ClinVar

Review

Conflicting submitters ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.066 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00659%, sas)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, REVEL

Conditions

Inborn genetic diseases

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.066	likely benign
REVEL	0.192	benign-leaning
⇒ AlphaMissense and REVEL both call this tolerated.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -2	GERP -3.4
Regional constraint	o/e 0.97	unconstrained · MANE · 28 kb · p 0.26 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	1.011	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 0.00659% South Asian · 6/91,082 alleles

Filtering AF 0.00286% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.00195%

Overall 0.000547% 8/1,461,894 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	0.00659%	15,180
European (non-Finnish)	0.000169%	590,019

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: COL6A3
Protein: p.Met293Val
Coding: c.877A>G
MANE Select: NM_004369
dbSNP: rs752046618
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:237388017 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.564 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Residue 293: the 'nonhelical region' region; the vwfa 2 domain

Full COL6A3 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Inborn genetic diseases — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Also linked: Bethlem myopathy 1A

Similar variants

COL6A3 p.Met293Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ 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
COL6A3 c.6309+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
COL6A3 c.6309+1G>T 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/col6a3-p-met293val (accessed [today's date]).

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