ClinVar

Description

Glycine residues within the Gly-Xaa-Yaa repeats of the triple helix domain are required for the structure and stability of fibrillar collagens (PMID: 7695699, 8218237, 19344236), and missense variants at these glycine residues in COL5A2 are more frequently observed in individuals with disease than in the general population (PMID: 22696272, 23587214). However, the clinical significance of this observation remains uncertain since only a limited number of affected individuals have been described to date. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. This variant has been reported in individuals affected with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (PMID: 22696272, Invitae). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change replaces glycine with arginine at codon 645 of the COL5A2 protein (p.Gly645Arg). The glycine residue is highly conserved and there is a moderate physicochemical difference between glycine and arginine.