Incidental Mutation 'R1607:Insig1'
ID 176542
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Insig1
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000045294
Gene Name insulin induced gene 1
Synonyms Insig-1, 1810013C12Rik
MMRRC Submission 039644-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably essential (E-score: 0.935) question?
Stock # R1607 (G1)
Quality Score 208
Status Not validated
Chromosome 5
Chromosomal Location 28276410-28283660 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 28276706 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Arginine to Tryptophan at position 91 (R91W)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000061877 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000059155]
AlphaFold Q8BGI3
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000059155
AA Change: R91W

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000061877
Gene: ENSMUSG00000045294
AA Change: R91W

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:INSIG 68 249 1.1e-49 PFAM
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000180740
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000199728
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 98.9%
  • 3x: 98.0%
  • 10x: 95.1%
  • 20x: 88.5%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes an endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein that regulates cholesterol metabolism, lipogenesis, and glucose homeostasis. The encoded protein has six transmembrane helices which contain an effector protein binding site. It binds the sterol-sensing domains of sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA reductase), and is essential for the sterol-mediated trafficking of these two proteins. It promotes the endoplasmic reticulum retention of SCAP and the ubiquitin-mediated degradation of HMG-CoA reductase. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2016]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit decreased body body weight, increased gonadal and subcutaneous fat pad, decreased circulating triglyceride level and abnormal adipocity differentiation. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 62 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca14 C T 7: 119,850,514 (GRCm39) P789S probably damaging Het
Adam17 T A 12: 21,384,139 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Afdn C T 17: 14,030,763 (GRCm39) R224W probably damaging Het
Als2 A G 1: 59,219,306 (GRCm39) Y1215H probably damaging Het
Anks1b A T 10: 89,878,410 (GRCm39) D73V probably damaging Het
Bpifb6 T C 2: 153,748,781 (GRCm39) F259S probably damaging Het
Cenpv A T 11: 62,416,002 (GRCm39) M249K probably benign Het
Ces1d C T 8: 93,912,746 (GRCm39) V231I probably benign Het
Clasp1 G A 1: 118,432,689 (GRCm39) V460I probably damaging Het
Cnot10 A T 9: 114,458,163 (GRCm39) Y114* probably null Het
Cpb1 G T 3: 20,317,946 (GRCm39) R193S probably benign Het
Ctc1 T C 11: 68,926,976 (GRCm39) S1207P possibly damaging Het
Cttnbp2 T A 6: 18,435,432 (GRCm39) K142M probably damaging Het
Dhrs7b T G 11: 60,742,717 (GRCm39) D136E probably benign Het
Dnah7b T C 1: 46,329,806 (GRCm39) S3217P probably damaging Het
Eif4g3 C T 4: 137,853,874 (GRCm39) S480L probably benign Het
Enah A T 1: 181,744,762 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Epx T C 11: 87,759,538 (GRCm39) D517G probably damaging Het
Gabrg2 T A 11: 41,867,490 (GRCm39) D43V probably damaging Het
Gdf9 A T 11: 53,328,338 (GRCm39) E431D possibly damaging Het
Ghr T C 15: 3,350,056 (GRCm39) D374G probably damaging Het
Gin1 A T 1: 97,713,875 (GRCm39) I392F probably damaging Het
Greb1l A G 18: 10,529,703 (GRCm39) E786G possibly damaging Het
Grk4 T C 5: 34,888,882 (GRCm39) V342A probably benign Het
Hhipl2 A T 1: 183,204,432 (GRCm39) Y135F possibly damaging Het
Kcnf1 C G 12: 17,225,733 (GRCm39) D163H probably benign Het
Kif11 A T 19: 37,375,648 (GRCm39) K190* probably null Het
Ldb2 T G 5: 44,630,814 (GRCm39) E309A probably damaging Het
Lipo4 T G 19: 33,490,073 (GRCm39) D143A probably damaging Het
Map3k6 T G 4: 132,979,784 (GRCm39) I1261S probably damaging Het
Mtus1 C T 8: 41,468,446 (GRCm39) V27I possibly damaging Het
Ndufaf2 C T 13: 108,228,107 (GRCm39) V60I probably benign Het
Nup133 A G 8: 124,675,774 (GRCm39) F48L probably benign Het
Or1i2 G T 10: 78,447,974 (GRCm39) T167N probably benign Het
Or2w4 A C 13: 21,795,934 (GRCm39) F68L probably benign Het
Or5w11 T A 2: 87,459,321 (GRCm39) N171K probably benign Het
Pcdhb21 A T 18: 37,648,532 (GRCm39) N554Y probably damaging Het
Pcx A T 19: 4,653,187 (GRCm39) D284V possibly damaging Het
Pcyt1a T C 16: 32,285,937 (GRCm39) S203P probably damaging Het
Pdlim3 A T 8: 46,349,896 (GRCm39) I69F probably damaging Het
Pkp4 T C 2: 59,152,898 (GRCm39) V598A probably benign Het
Plbd1 T C 6: 136,589,304 (GRCm39) I509V probably benign Het
Polr3b C A 10: 84,488,647 (GRCm39) T319N probably benign Het
Ptprj T C 2: 90,293,664 (GRCm39) D380G probably benign Het
Ralgapa1 T G 12: 55,788,321 (GRCm39) R587S probably damaging Het
Scn5a C A 9: 119,315,158 (GRCm39) R1850L probably damaging Het
Ssc5d C A 7: 4,947,042 (GRCm39) T1132K probably benign Het
Stard7 T A 2: 127,137,406 (GRCm39) N285K possibly damaging Het
Tcp11l2 C T 10: 84,449,351 (GRCm39) R439W probably damaging Het
Tecrl T C 5: 83,428,355 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tep1 A T 14: 51,062,020 (GRCm39) L2570Q probably null Het
Tex14 A T 11: 87,445,754 (GRCm39) D191V probably damaging Het
Tm7sf2 A G 19: 6,113,049 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tmem132e A G 11: 82,328,196 (GRCm39) K408R probably benign Het
Tube1 A G 10: 39,020,762 (GRCm39) D216G possibly damaging Het
Ubap2 C T 4: 41,199,872 (GRCm39) A752T probably benign Het
Vmn2r82 A G 10: 79,215,253 (GRCm39) H412R possibly damaging Het
Wtip T C 7: 33,816,020 (GRCm39) E352G probably damaging Het
Xirp2 T A 2: 67,340,639 (GRCm39) L960* probably null Het
Zc3h11a A C 1: 133,552,425 (GRCm39) S561A probably benign Het
Zfhx2 A T 14: 55,300,442 (GRCm39) D2436E probably damaging Het
Zfp763 T C 17: 33,238,881 (GRCm39) H88R probably benign Het
Other mutations in Insig1
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
R2006:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,276,464 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3738:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,276,701 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R5604:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,280,080 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6560:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,276,531 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7429:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,280,077 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8534:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,280,116 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9094:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,278,570 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R9696:Insig1 UTSW 5 28,279,546 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GACCACGTCTGGAACTATCCAAGC -3'
(R):5'- GCTGCGACTCCTCCACTTAAACTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AACTATCCAAGCGCGGG -3'
(R):5'- CAACGTCTGGGGTTTCCTAC -3'
Posted On 2014-04-24