Incidental Mutation 'R2253:Casp3'
ID 241814
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Casp3
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031628
Gene Name caspase 3
Synonyms AC-3, Apopain, Caspase-3, CPP32, Yama, A830040C14Rik, CC3, mldy
MMRRC Submission 040253-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R2253 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 8
Chromosomal Location 47070326-47092724 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 47090990 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Tryptophan to Leucine at position 214 (W214L)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000147767 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000093517] [ENSMUST00000210534] [ENSMUST00000211115]
AlphaFold P70677
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000093517
AA Change: W214L

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.982 (Sensitivity: 0.75; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091238
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031628
AA Change: W214L

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
CASc 36 277 9.95e-143 SMART
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000209668
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000210534
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000211115
AA Change: W214L

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.982 (Sensitivity: 0.75; Specificity: 0.96)
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 97.2%
  • 20x: 94.9%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: This gene encodes a protein that belongs to a highly conserved family of cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteases that function as essential regulators of programmed cell death through apoptosis. Members of this family contain an N-terminal pro-domain and require cleavage at specific aspartate residues to become mature. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to a subgroup of cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteases that are activated by initiator caspases and that perform the proteolytic cleavage of apoptotic target proteins. Mice defective for this gene exhibit a variety of phenotypes including reduced neuronal apoptosis resulting in hyperplasias, hearing loss, attenuated osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal stem cells, and pre- and post-natal lethality. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Some homozygous animals show defects in brain development by embryonic day 12, reduced neuronal apoptosis causing hyperplasias, and pre- and postnatal lethality. Other homozygous animals exhibit only hearing loss, inner ear defects and degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 46 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1700129C05Rik G A 14: 59,380,061 (GRCm39) S79F probably damaging Het
Acss3 G A 10: 106,840,609 (GRCm39) A384V probably damaging Het
Aff2 G A X: 68,878,409 (GRCm39) E732K possibly damaging Het
Atp12a A G 14: 56,613,715 (GRCm39) T496A probably benign Het
B3gnt3 A T 8: 72,145,462 (GRCm39) M302K probably damaging Het
Bptf G T 11: 107,002,148 (GRCm39) D321E probably damaging Het
C1ql3 C T 2: 13,015,130 (GRCm39) V177I possibly damaging Het
C2cd5 A T 6: 142,982,042 (GRCm39) Y607* probably null Het
Cd248 A G 19: 5,118,154 (GRCm39) M1V probably null Het
Cdh18 A G 15: 23,410,891 (GRCm39) T405A probably benign Het
Cldn24 G T 8: 48,275,363 (GRCm39) R62S probably benign Het
Cnot1 A G 8: 96,489,814 (GRCm39) V463A probably benign Het
Cul2 A T 18: 3,399,876 (GRCm39) L3F probably damaging Het
Ep400 A T 5: 110,866,957 (GRCm39) N1062K unknown Het
Gch1 T C 14: 47,426,798 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gzf1 T C 2: 148,525,856 (GRCm39) M109T probably damaging Het
Itch T A 2: 155,054,259 (GRCm39) M701K probably benign Het
Kank4 A T 4: 98,667,463 (GRCm39) I328N probably damaging Het
Krt9 A T 11: 100,081,685 (GRCm39) N281K possibly damaging Het
Lgals12 T A 19: 7,584,130 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Lrrc37a T C 11: 103,392,293 (GRCm39) Q1044R probably benign Het
Mbtps2 A T X: 156,342,029 (GRCm39) F270L probably benign Het
Nr3c1 G T 18: 39,619,804 (GRCm39) T161K probably benign Het
Or2w3b T C 11: 58,623,821 (GRCm39) T57A probably benign Het
Or4g16 A G 2: 111,136,655 (GRCm39) Y35C probably damaging Het
Or5ak20 A G 2: 85,184,202 (GRCm39) S23P possibly damaging Het
Or5b116 T C 19: 13,422,549 (GRCm39) Y58H probably damaging Het
Pla2g4d T C 2: 120,101,622 (GRCm39) K453E probably damaging Het
Plcb2 T C 2: 118,554,246 (GRCm39) N69S probably benign Het
Prl3d1 T C 13: 27,278,981 (GRCm39) Y59H possibly damaging Het
Rnf133 T C 6: 23,649,174 (GRCm39) M252V probably benign Het
Rnf181 G T 6: 72,338,467 (GRCm39) H14N possibly damaging Het
Sash1 A T 10: 8,605,741 (GRCm39) M883K probably benign Het
Secisbp2l C T 2: 125,582,657 (GRCm39) G933D possibly damaging Het
Slc13a4 A G 6: 35,257,418 (GRCm39) V240A probably benign Het
Slc2a5 T C 4: 150,224,447 (GRCm39) Y315H possibly damaging Het
Slc7a2 T C 8: 41,358,658 (GRCm39) Y334H probably benign Het
Spib A G 7: 44,179,392 (GRCm39) S23P probably benign Het
Tbc1d1 A G 5: 64,442,143 (GRCm39) N721S probably benign Het
Tcf25 A G 8: 124,100,772 (GRCm39) E54G probably benign Het
Tesl2 G A X: 23,824,950 (GRCm39) A75V probably benign Het
Tns2 C T 15: 102,017,369 (GRCm39) R281C probably damaging Het
Uba7 A G 9: 107,853,563 (GRCm39) H131R probably benign Het
Vmn2r6 C T 3: 64,467,139 (GRCm39) C120Y probably damaging Het
Zdhhc18 A T 4: 133,360,388 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Zfp970 T A 2: 177,166,614 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Other mutations in Casp3
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01753:Casp3 APN 8 47,082,776 (GRCm39) utr 5 prime probably benign
warner UTSW 8 47,088,423 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0601:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,089,262 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1541:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,087,369 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R1648:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,091,109 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R2046:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,082,761 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R2159:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,087,323 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2176:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,082,791 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2251:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,090,990 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2252:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,090,990 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R4095:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,087,251 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4209:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,088,423 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4211:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,088,423 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4868:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,087,314 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R5713:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,089,349 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6847:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,089,301 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R6957:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,087,308 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7196:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,088,498 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R7608:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,087,368 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7682:Casp3 UTSW 8 47,085,420 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GCGTTTTCTTTTCCAGCAGAGAG -3'
(R):5'- CGTGAGCATGGACACAATACAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AGCAGTGAGGTCTGGAGTCC -3'
(R):5'- GGACACAATACACGGGATCTGTTTC -3'
Posted On 2014-10-16