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COL4A6

Chr Xq22.3

collagen type IV alpha 6 chain

MANE:
ENST00000334504.12

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Moderate Evidence (Amber)

  • Monogenic hearing loss

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Haematuria

  • Intellectual disability

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Unexplained kidney failure in young people

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Dupuytren Contracture

    0.59
  • X-linked nonsyndromic hearing loss

    0.51
  • Skin ulcer

    0.46
  • eye disorder

    0.43
  • Peyronie disease

    0.38
  • palmar fibromatosis

    0.37
  • sarcoidosis

    0.37
  • Abnormality of connective tissue

    0.37
  • ulcer disease

    0.37
  • bacterial infectious disease

    0.37

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Collagen alpha-6(IV) chain

Type IV collagen is the major structural component of glomerular basement membranes (GBM), forming a 'chicken-wire' meshwork together with laminins, proteoglycans and entactin/nidogen

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.