Incidental Mutation 'R1886:Ddx4'
ID 209582
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Ddx4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000021758
Gene Name DEAD box helicase 4
Synonyms VASA, mvh / m'vasa, DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 4, Mvh
MMRRC Submission 039907-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.686) question?
Stock # R1886 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 13
Chromosomal Location 112734867-112789009 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 112759199 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Aspartic acid to Glutamic Acid at position 237 (D237E)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000096769 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000075748] [ENSMUST00000099166]
AlphaFold Q61496
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000075748
AA Change: D211E

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.994 (Sensitivity: 0.69; Specificity: 0.97)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000075157
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021758
AA Change: D211E

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Blast:DEXDc 22 165 8e-14 BLAST
low complexity region 175 183 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 221 229 N/A INTRINSIC
DEXDc 280 491 9.38e-59 SMART
HELICc 527 608 1.18e-32 SMART
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000099166
AA Change: D237E

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.998 (Sensitivity: 0.27; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000096769
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021758
AA Change: D237E

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Blast:DEXDc 41 191 7e-25 BLAST
low complexity region 201 209 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 247 255 N/A INTRINSIC
DEXDc 306 517 9.38e-59 SMART
HELICc 553 634 1.18e-32 SMART
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 97.2%
  • 3x: 96.2%
  • 10x: 93.1%
  • 20x: 85.9%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD), are putative RNA helicases. They are implicated in a number of cellular processes involving alteration of RNA secondary structure such as translation initiation, nuclear and mitochondrial splicing, and ribosome and spliceosome assembly. Based on their distribution patterns, some members of this family are believed to be involved in embryogenesis, spermatogenesis, and cellular growth and division. This gene encodes a DEAD box protein, which is a homolog of VASA proteins in Drosophila and several other species. The gene is specifically expressed in the germ cell lineage in both sexes and functions in germ cell development. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]
PHENOTYPE: Spermatogenesis is blocked in homozygous mutant mice, resulting in male infertility. Female mutant mice are fertile and do not exhibit any obvious reproductive defects. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI

All alleles(5) : Targeted, other(3) Gene trapped(2)

Other mutations in this stock
Total: 87 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1700102P08Rik T A 9: 108,270,809 (GRCm39) D124E possibly damaging Het
Aarsd1 T C 11: 101,302,227 (GRCm39) T278A probably benign Het
Acacb T A 5: 114,357,020 (GRCm39) L1317Q probably damaging Het
Acsf3 T C 8: 123,510,741 (GRCm39) V293A probably damaging Het
Adora3 A C 3: 105,812,152 (GRCm39) N13H possibly damaging Het
Aen A T 7: 78,557,073 (GRCm39) D307V probably damaging Het
Ahnak G A 19: 8,993,343 (GRCm39) D4876N probably damaging Het
Ap2b1 T A 11: 83,281,561 (GRCm39) N822K probably damaging Het
Arhgdia T C 11: 120,470,244 (GRCm39) D143G probably benign Het
Bcl9 G T 3: 97,122,713 (GRCm39) R29S probably benign Het
Bhmt2 T A 13: 93,798,998 (GRCm39) K274N probably benign Het
Brip1 C A 11: 86,029,641 (GRCm39) G631V probably damaging Het
Cacna1i A G 15: 80,243,145 (GRCm39) E434G probably damaging Het
Ccdc81 T C 7: 89,515,819 (GRCm39) E620G possibly damaging Het
Cdhr18 A C 14: 13,828,607 (GRCm38) Y718D probably damaging Het
Cfap299 A G 5: 98,949,690 (GRCm39) N208S probably benign Het
Cit A G 5: 116,071,545 (GRCm39) Y584C probably damaging Het
Crebl2 T C 6: 134,828,059 (GRCm39) M77T probably benign Het
Dach2 G A X: 112,208,305 (GRCm39) G61D probably benign Het
Dgcr8 A G 16: 18,096,218 (GRCm39) I490T possibly damaging Het
Dmxl1 G A 18: 49,992,202 (GRCm39) R316H probably benign Het
Dnah17 T A 11: 117,998,987 (GRCm39) I929F possibly damaging Het
Eif3f A G 7: 108,539,958 (GRCm39) T289A probably benign Het
Ercc5 A T 1: 44,215,136 (GRCm39) K890* probably null Het
Esrp2 A T 8: 106,860,489 (GRCm39) V247E probably damaging Het
Evpl C T 11: 116,118,402 (GRCm39) G735E probably damaging Het
Ezhip GTCATCATCATCATC GTCATCATCATCATCATC X: 5,994,645 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Fbxl21 A G 13: 56,674,906 (GRCm39) I60V probably benign Het
Frem3 A G 8: 81,340,514 (GRCm39) I936V probably benign Het
Fsd1l T C 4: 53,696,984 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Gad1-ps T C 10: 99,281,444 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gbp2b A G 3: 142,314,063 (GRCm39) T448A probably benign Het
Gfus G T 15: 75,798,838 (GRCm39) T123N possibly damaging Het
Gmppa T C 1: 75,419,152 (GRCm39) V353A probably damaging Het
Hmcn1 T C 1: 150,453,046 (GRCm39) E5423G probably benign Het
Hmgxb3 A G 18: 61,270,473 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Krt12 T C 11: 99,309,402 (GRCm39) D286G probably damaging Het
Krt75 A T 15: 101,479,532 (GRCm39) M266K probably damaging Het
Ksr1 C A 11: 78,911,204 (GRCm39) V11F probably null Het
Lag3 T C 6: 124,886,402 (GRCm39) N184D probably damaging Het
Lsm10 C G 4: 125,991,741 (GRCm39) D32E probably benign Het
Mettl5 A G 2: 69,711,149 (GRCm39) V123A probably damaging Het
Mfrp A G 9: 44,014,785 (GRCm39) D274G possibly damaging Het
Mgat3 A G 15: 80,095,820 (GRCm39) I216V probably benign Het
Mkrn3 G A 7: 62,068,486 (GRCm39) A435V probably benign Het
Mob3a G A 10: 80,527,068 (GRCm39) Q86* probably null Het
Mplkipl1 A G 19: 61,164,136 (GRCm39) F100L probably damaging Het
Mttp A T 3: 137,798,376 (GRCm39) V840D probably damaging Het
Nadk2 A C 15: 9,103,446 (GRCm39) N308H possibly damaging Het
Ncoa7 T C 10: 30,524,448 (GRCm39) N823S possibly damaging Het
Nlk T A 11: 78,477,754 (GRCm39) I330F probably damaging Het
Ofcc1 T C 13: 40,360,100 (GRCm39) S310G possibly damaging Het
Or5p57 T C 7: 107,665,985 (GRCm39) N7D probably benign Het
Or5p73 A T 7: 108,064,947 (GRCm39) M139L probably benign Het
Orc2 T C 1: 58,510,247 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Orc3 A G 4: 34,584,829 (GRCm39) Y459H probably damaging Het
Pah T A 10: 87,364,190 (GRCm39) N30K possibly damaging Het
Pcsk4 T C 10: 80,164,794 (GRCm39) K74E probably benign Het
Pdlim7 C T 13: 55,653,981 (GRCm39) G212D probably benign Het
Pfkm A G 15: 98,025,627 (GRCm39) N547S probably damaging Het
Por A G 5: 135,763,128 (GRCm39) E546G probably damaging Het
Ppp1r13l T C 7: 19,111,496 (GRCm39) S774P probably damaging Het
Prdm1 T A 10: 44,315,754 (GRCm39) D794V probably damaging Het
Prdx5 A G 19: 6,885,558 (GRCm39) I32T probably benign Het
Prlhr G T 19: 60,455,932 (GRCm39) C211* probably null Het
Ripk3 C T 14: 56,025,694 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Rmnd5b G A 11: 51,518,465 (GRCm39) A137V probably damaging Het
Rwdd2b A T 16: 87,234,013 (GRCm39) F72I probably benign Het
Scml4 A G 10: 42,788,223 (GRCm39) Y51C probably damaging Het
Septin1 A G 7: 126,813,937 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Serpinb9h C T 13: 33,588,203 (GRCm39) R263C possibly damaging Het
Slc30a10 T A 1: 185,195,061 (GRCm39) I291N probably damaging Het
Slc7a9 T G 7: 35,152,827 (GRCm39) C20W possibly damaging Het
Slc7a9 G C 7: 35,152,828 (GRCm39) A21P probably damaging Het
Slco1b2 A T 6: 141,628,951 (GRCm39) Y551F probably damaging Het
Sra1 T C 18: 36,801,830 (GRCm39) M87V probably benign Het
Syvn1 T C 19: 6,099,257 (GRCm39) S169P possibly damaging Het
Tmc7 A T 7: 118,160,310 (GRCm39) F176I possibly damaging Het
Tmem62 A T 2: 120,817,151 (GRCm39) I236F probably damaging Het
Trip4 T A 9: 65,782,163 (GRCm39) I190F probably null Het
Trpa1 T C 1: 14,959,649 (GRCm39) D679G probably benign Het
Ttc22 T A 4: 106,494,063 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ttn A T 2: 76,641,587 (GRCm39) L5176Q possibly damaging Het
Tyrp1 T A 4: 80,759,043 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ubap2 C T 4: 41,199,872 (GRCm39) A752T probably benign Het
Usp36 A T 11: 118,163,784 (GRCm39) Y255N probably damaging Het
Zfp944 A T 17: 22,558,960 (GRCm39) Y96N probably benign Het
Other mutations in Ddx4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL02030:Ddx4 APN 13 112,761,311 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02682:Ddx4 APN 13 112,758,720 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
IGL02729:Ddx4 APN 13 112,787,946 (GRCm39) utr 5 prime probably benign
H8930:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,367 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R0518:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,761,313 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0521:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,761,313 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1527:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,758,773 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
R1548:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,736,531 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1773:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,736,436 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R1969:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,276 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1969:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,736,547 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1970:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,736,547 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1971:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,736,547 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R2265:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,810 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R2280:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,190 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R2846:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,741,146 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R2906:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,311 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R2980:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,748,619 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3732:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,748,516 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.56
R4085:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,295 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R4088:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,295 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R4089:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,295 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R4090:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,295 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R4600:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,748,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4610:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,748,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4669:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,758,778 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4700:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,269 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4782:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,787,894 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R4782:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,230 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5326:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,779 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5542:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,779 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6111:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,757,766 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R6253:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,772,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R6253:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,772,556 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R6286:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,269 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6518:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,741,081 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6645:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,777,708 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.70
R7017:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,738,022 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7155:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,750,319 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7822:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,748,647 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7921:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,738,041 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8041:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,762,928 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8048:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,758,706 (GRCm39) missense probably null 1.00
R8939:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,758,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R9325:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,736,441 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ATGGAGTCCTCATCCTCTGGTG -3'
(R):5'- CCCAGCTTTGCGTCATAATTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GGGGTATATATGTCACTTTTGGACC -3'
(R):5'- GCGTCATAATTGATTATCACTCTGG -3'
Posted On 2014-06-30