Incidental Mutation 'R0121:Twnk'
ID 21065
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Twnk
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000025209
Gene Name twinkle mtDNA helicase
Synonyms Peo1, D19Ertd626e, twinkle, Twinl
MMRRC Submission 038406-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R0121 (G1)
Quality Score 201
Status Validated
Chromosome 19
Chromosomal Location 44994102-45001201 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation unclassified
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 44997704 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000095322 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000026227] [ENSMUST00000097715]
AlphaFold Q8CIW5
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000026227
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000026227
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025209

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 213 224 N/A INTRINSIC
Blast:TOPRIM 260 331 8e-16 BLAST
Pfam:AAA_25 377 565 5.6e-25 PFAM
Pfam:DnaB_C 390 631 6.7e-17 PFAM
Pfam:KaiC 394 628 2.6e-11 PFAM
low complexity region 650 661 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000097715
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000095322
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025208

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
L51_S25_CI-B8 35 108 1.61e-23 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0898 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.0%
  • 3x: 98.0%
  • 10x: 95.5%
  • 20x: 89.8%
Validation Efficiency 100% (63/63)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a hexameric DNA helicase which unwinds short stretches of double-stranded DNA in the 5' to 3' direction and, along with mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding protein and mtDNA polymerase gamma, is thought to play a key role in mtDNA replication. The protein localizes to the mitochondrial matrix and mitochondrial nucleoids. Mutations in this gene cause infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia (IOSCA) and progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) and are also associated with several mitochondrial depletion syndromes. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygous embryos display abnormal development. Embryos die around E8.5. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 55 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca12 T C 1: 71,298,945 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Adgra3 T C 5: 50,183,128 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Anxa7 A T 14: 20,510,227 (GRCm39) L386M probably damaging Het
Ap2b1 A G 11: 83,212,793 (GRCm39) M58V possibly damaging Het
Arfip2 A G 7: 105,285,578 (GRCm39) L224P probably damaging Het
Arhgap20 A G 9: 51,750,251 (GRCm39) N373S possibly damaging Het
Asph T C 4: 9,635,918 (GRCm39) D73G probably damaging Het
Atp1a2 T A 1: 172,116,909 (GRCm39) E236V probably damaging Het
Atp2a1 A G 7: 126,057,116 (GRCm39) S170P probably damaging Het
Atp4a C G 7: 30,419,526 (GRCm39) R659G probably benign Het
B4galnt3 C T 6: 120,191,999 (GRCm39) R578H probably benign Het
Ccdc178 C A 18: 21,978,081 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ccnh T A 13: 85,354,312 (GRCm39) M252K probably damaging Het
Clec4b2 A G 6: 123,181,131 (GRCm39) D172G probably benign Het
Col1a1 A G 11: 94,828,895 (GRCm39) E79G unknown Het
Csf3r A G 4: 125,923,642 (GRCm39) N51D probably benign Het
Cul7 C T 17: 46,974,299 (GRCm39) L1489F probably damaging Het
Cyp2b13 G A 7: 25,786,010 (GRCm39) C309Y probably benign Het
Dync2h1 A T 9: 7,001,327 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Edn1 A G 13: 42,458,741 (GRCm39) T135A probably benign Het
Ephb2 A G 4: 136,498,368 (GRCm39) I237T probably damaging Het
Fam111a T A 19: 12,561,444 (GRCm39) F12L probably benign Het
Foxi2 C A 7: 135,013,640 (GRCm39) A290E probably benign Het
Gabra6 A G 11: 42,205,798 (GRCm39) S353P probably benign Het
Gm4847 T C 1: 166,469,857 (GRCm39) D72G probably damaging Het
Grhl3 A G 4: 135,279,860 (GRCm39) I398T probably damaging Het
Gtdc1 T C 2: 44,455,550 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Kel A C 6: 41,678,998 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
L3mbtl3 C T 10: 26,189,768 (GRCm39) D499N unknown Het
Lama1 T A 17: 68,105,508 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mamdc2 T A 19: 23,288,223 (GRCm39) E605V probably benign Het
Nolc1 G A 19: 46,069,817 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nudt12 A T 17: 59,314,634 (GRCm39) S317T possibly damaging Het
Optn C T 2: 5,028,926 (GRCm39) G526R probably damaging Het
Or4k35 A T 2: 111,100,659 (GRCm39) C18S probably benign Het
Or5w20 A G 2: 87,727,434 (GRCm39) K297R possibly damaging Het
Or8g23 T A 9: 38,971,056 (GRCm39) K302M probably damaging Het
Or8k38 A G 2: 86,488,163 (GRCm39) V213A probably benign Het
Pbld1 C T 10: 62,907,282 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Prl8a9 T G 13: 27,744,589 (GRCm39) N84T probably benign Het
Psph T A 5: 129,868,633 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Sbf2 A G 7: 110,088,426 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Senp6 A G 9: 80,023,952 (GRCm39) D405G probably benign Het
Serpinb1a T A 13: 33,032,754 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Slc2a9 T C 5: 38,556,086 (GRCm39) I287V probably benign Het
Sptbn2 T C 19: 4,795,321 (GRCm39) F1593S probably damaging Het
Tcf21 T C 10: 22,695,706 (GRCm39) T33A probably benign Het
Tdrd3 A T 14: 87,776,915 (GRCm39) Q727L probably damaging Het
Tecpr1 C T 5: 144,147,017 (GRCm39) E450K probably benign Het
Tenm3 G A 8: 48,795,694 (GRCm39) T532I probably damaging Het
Tg A T 15: 66,612,630 (GRCm39) Q396L probably benign Het
Tmtc3 A G 10: 100,294,770 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ubac1 A G 2: 25,898,871 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ubn2 T C 6: 38,429,793 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Zfp944 T A 17: 22,558,249 (GRCm39) T333S possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Twnk
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00858:Twnk APN 19 44,996,065 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
IGL01367:Twnk APN 19 45,000,090 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.92
IGL01736:Twnk APN 19 44,998,627 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
IGL02724:Twnk APN 19 44,996,557 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL03368:Twnk APN 19 44,998,931 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0389:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,578 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
R0427:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,026 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0443:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,578 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
R0501:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,185 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0791:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,693 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R1193:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,229 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1470:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1470:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1487:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,815 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1556:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,850 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R3895:Twnk UTSW 19 44,995,890 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R5652:Twnk UTSW 19 44,995,732 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.85
R6373:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6595:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,931 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6880:Twnk UTSW 19 44,995,855 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7349:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,600 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.65
R7401:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,219 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.15
R7417:Twnk UTSW 19 44,999,003 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7798:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,107 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7994:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,277 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R8698:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,299 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8826:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,434 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8855:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,272 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8866:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,272 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8972:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,149 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9683:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,622 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CCCTCTCAACTTTGACTGGAATCTTGG -3'
(R):5'- AAAACGGTCTGCCCACTCTTCATAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- acaccagaagagagcatcag -3'
(R):5'- ATACTTGTCCAGTTGCTCTTCCAG -3'
Posted On 2013-04-11