Is COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G) pathogenic?

COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G) is classified Uncertain significance in COL6A3 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-07-06). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1431); Absent from gnomAD v4.1; Associated with Bethlem myopathy 1A.

What condition is associated with COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G)?

COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G) is associated with Bethlem myopathy 1A (ClinVar).

How common is COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G) in the general population?

COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G) 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.Pro970Ala (c.2908C>G)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1431) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

COL6A3 p.Pro970Ala

c.2908C>G · rs1226873582 · VCV645029

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1431 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Absent

absent from gnomAD v4.1

Conditions

Bethlem myopathy 1A

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1431	likely benign
REVEL	0.462	indeterminate
SaProt	—	not scored · why
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 5.5	GERP 1.7, phastCons 1
Regional constraint	o/e 0.97	unconstrained · MANE · 28 kb · p 0.26 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	18.78	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL is an independent agreement signal.

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.Pro970Ala
Coding: c.2908C>G
MANE Select: NM_004369
dbSNP: rs1226873582
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr2:237376934 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.564 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Residue 970: the 'nonhelical region' region; the vwfa 5 domain

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.Pro970Ser Uncertain significance ★ same residue
COL6A3 p.Pro970Arg 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

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-pro970ala (accessed [today's date]).

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