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COL2A1

Chr 12q13.11

collagen type II alpha 1 chain

Aliases:
STL1
MANE:
ENST00000380518.8

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Bilateral congenital or childhood onset cataracts

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Clefting

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Limb disorders

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Monogenic hearing loss

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Retinal disorders

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Skeletal dysplasia

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita

    0.83
  • Stickler syndrome type 1

    0.83
  • achondrogenesis type II

    0.82
  • Kniest dysplasia

    0.79
  • platyspondylic dysplasia, Torrance type

    0.79
  • spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Strudwick type

    0.78
  • Achondrogenesis type 2

    0.78
  • spondyloperipheral dysplasia

    0.78
  • familial avascular necrosis of femoral head

    0.76
  • spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, Stanescu type

    0.75

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Collagen alpha-1(II) chain

Type II collagen is specific for cartilaginous tissues. It is essential for the normal embryonic development of the skeleton, for linear growth and for the ability of cartilage to resist compressive forces

Curated MONDO disease pages that list COL2A1 among their top associated genes.

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.