Incidental Mutation 'R1191:Gpt2'
ID 100804
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Gpt2
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031700
Gene Name glutamic pyruvate transaminase (alanine aminotransferase) 2
Synonyms 4631422C05Rik, ALT2
MMRRC Submission 039263-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.122) question?
Stock # R1191 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 8
Chromosomal Location 86219205-86254189 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 86235901 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Asparagine to Isoleucine at position 179 (N179I)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000034136 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000034136] [ENSMUST00000132932]
AlphaFold Q8BGT5
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000034136
AA Change: N179I

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.999 (Sensitivity: 0.14; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000034136
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031700
AA Change: N179I

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 23 34 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Aminotran_1_2 110 510 6.3e-34 PFAM
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000132932
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000115968
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031700

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 23 34 N/A INTRINSIC
PDB:3IHJ|A 48 148 6e-63 PDB
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.4%
  • 3x: 98.3%
  • 10x: 95.1%
  • 20x: 87.9%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a mitochondrial alanine transaminase, a pyridoxal enzyme that catalyzes the reversible transamination between alanine and 2-oxoglutarate to generate pyruvate and glutamate. Alanine transaminases play roles in gluconeogenesis and amino acid metabolism in many tissues including skeletal muscle, kidney, and liver. Activating transcription factor 4 upregulates this gene under metabolic stress conditions in hepatocyte cell lines. A loss of function mutation in this gene has been associated with developmental encephalopathy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit hypoactivity, reduced postnatal brain growth, various metabolic defects in pathways involving amino acid metabolism, the TCA cycle and neuroprotective mechanisms, and premature death. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 38 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Ankrd27 T C 7: 35,301,912 (GRCm39) F144L probably damaging Het
C8b C T 4: 104,650,520 (GRCm39) P377S probably damaging Het
Cfi C A 3: 129,662,176 (GRCm39) T385N probably benign Het
Col15a1 G T 4: 47,254,083 (GRCm39) G300* probably null Het
Crlf1 G A 8: 70,951,478 (GRCm39) C119Y probably damaging Het
Dcaf4 A T 12: 83,582,741 (GRCm39) S279C probably damaging Het
Gde1 A T 7: 118,304,664 (GRCm39) H70Q probably damaging Het
Grik5 G A 7: 24,757,750 (GRCm39) Q410* probably null Het
Hspa2 C T 12: 76,452,655 (GRCm39) R450W probably damaging Het
Idh3b A T 2: 130,123,810 (GRCm39) M118K probably benign Het
Ighv5-21 T C 12: 114,286,423 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Il12rb2 C T 6: 67,275,200 (GRCm39) V642M possibly damaging Het
Iqcg A G 16: 32,870,313 (GRCm39) V60A probably benign Het
Irx6 T A 8: 93,403,580 (GRCm39) Y102N probably damaging Het
Itgb6 C T 2: 60,483,481 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mmp27 A T 9: 7,579,067 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Or10d5j A T 9: 39,868,264 (GRCm39) M1K probably null Het
Or1j21 T A 2: 36,683,350 (GRCm39) M34K probably damaging Het
Or2f2 C A 6: 42,767,451 (GRCm39) H159Q probably benign Het
Or5k8 T A 16: 58,644,922 (GRCm39) Y50F probably benign Het
Or8c8 G T 9: 38,165,501 (GRCm39) V263F probably damaging Het
Pcdhb16 A G 18: 37,612,926 (GRCm39) R629G probably damaging Het
Pde3b A T 7: 114,118,810 (GRCm39) M650L probably benign Het
Rfwd3 C T 8: 112,014,874 (GRCm39) R326Q probably damaging Het
Skint3 T A 4: 112,092,939 (GRCm39) M1K probably null Het
Strn T C 17: 78,999,855 (GRCm39) Q127R possibly damaging Het
Taar2 T G 10: 23,816,927 (GRCm39) W156G probably damaging Het
Trpt1 G T 19: 6,974,138 (GRCm39) M45I probably benign Het
Ubap2l T C 3: 89,930,882 (GRCm39) T357A probably damaging Het
Ubr3 C T 2: 69,851,525 (GRCm39) R1831* probably null Het
Unc79 T A 12: 103,013,271 (GRCm39) Y287* probably null Het
Utrn T A 10: 12,509,777 (GRCm39) K2398N probably benign Het
Vav2 A T 2: 27,182,792 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Vps9d1 A T 8: 123,974,706 (GRCm39) H249Q possibly damaging Het
Vwf T A 6: 125,576,215 (GRCm39) C432S probably damaging Het
Zfp369 T A 13: 65,439,776 (GRCm39) Y153* probably null Het
Zfp760 C T 17: 21,942,286 (GRCm39) P487L probably damaging Het
Zswim2 A C 2: 83,754,039 (GRCm39) V207G possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Gpt2
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00092:Gpt2 APN 8 86,238,953 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL01611:Gpt2 APN 8 86,246,167 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02385:Gpt2 APN 8 86,242,782 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02484:Gpt2 APN 8 86,242,862 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02589:Gpt2 APN 8 86,242,795 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02669:Gpt2 APN 8 86,249,908 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R1599:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,238,863 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1944:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,625 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1953:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,248,013 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1962:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,219,764 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1982:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,242,832 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.75
R2283:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,242,818 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3785:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,252,202 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3786:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,252,202 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3787:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,252,202 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R4402:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,252,188 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.32
R4974:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,246,068 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R5457:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,238,967 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R5589:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,219,740 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5734:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,249,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.17
R5924:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,219,633 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6371:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6651:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6652:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6895:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6898:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6923:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6955:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R6956:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7112:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7113:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7115:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7124:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7125:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7327:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7486:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,252,235 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R7582:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,246,145 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7986:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,235,839 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8274:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,242,853 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R8376:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,219,694 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
X0058:Gpt2 UTSW 8 86,244,648 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.50
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AAGCATCTTGCCATAGCCCAGAGG -3'
(R):5'- AGGGCCATGCAAACTATCAGGGAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GAAAGAGGCCCCACCTTAGTG -3'
(R):5'- cgcctgcctagcacttg -3'
Posted On 2014-01-15