Incidental Mutation 'R3689:Piwil4'
ID 269672
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Piwil4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000036912
Gene Name piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4
Synonyms Miwi2, MIWI2, 9230101H05Rik
MMRRC Submission 040684-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.192) question?
Stock # R3689 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 9
Chromosomal Location 14613072-14651968 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 14637259 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Alanine at position 352 (T352A)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000076213 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000115644]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
AA Change: T352A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.999 (Sensitivity: 0.14; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912
AA Change: T352A

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 155 300 3.7e-11 PFAM
PAZ 313 450 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 614 864 8.98e-95 SMART
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000115644
AA Change: T305A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.997 (Sensitivity: 0.41; Specificity: 0.98)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000111308
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912
AA Change: T305A

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 92 245 6.5e-10 PFAM
PAZ 266 403 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 541 834 6.71e-126 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.5736 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.3%
  • 20x: 95.2%
Validation Efficiency 100% (53/53)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] PIWIL4 belongs to the Argonaute family of proteins, which function in development and maintenance of germline stem cells (Sasaki et al., 2003 [PubMed 12906857]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit male specific-infertility with a progressive loss of male germ cells, reduced testis size, abnormal male meiosis and increased apoptosis of spermatocytes in seminiferous tubules. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 51 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Adcy2 A T 13: 68,779,088 (GRCm39) L984Q probably damaging Het
Atg16l1 T C 1: 87,713,626 (GRCm39) V427A probably damaging Het
Bclaf1 C T 10: 20,201,143 (GRCm39) T423I possibly damaging Het
Blm G C 7: 80,162,827 (GRCm39) P175A possibly damaging Het
Bpifb1 A G 2: 154,051,819 (GRCm39) D208G probably benign Het
Cdc42ep1 T C 15: 78,731,629 (GRCm39) S25P probably benign Het
Cep162 G A 9: 87,107,747 (GRCm39) Q548* probably null Het
Chchd10 T C 10: 75,771,835 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cog3 T C 14: 75,991,878 (GRCm39) M1V probably null Het
Dcx T C X: 142,660,240 (GRCm39) E268G possibly damaging Het
Erich2 T C 2: 70,371,097 (GRCm39) V419A unknown Het
Fam53c A G 18: 34,903,886 (GRCm39) D386G probably damaging Het
Fgd2 A G 17: 29,597,924 (GRCm39) T620A probably benign Het
G930045G22Rik A T 6: 50,823,535 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Grpel1 G A 5: 36,626,769 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Map3k15 T A X: 158,905,568 (GRCm39) N1295K possibly damaging Het
Mideas C T 12: 84,203,245 (GRCm39) G886S probably benign Het
Mrpl44 T A 1: 79,757,366 (GRCm39) Y270* probably null Het
Mtss1 A G 15: 58,825,385 (GRCm39) S272P probably damaging Het
Myo9b G A 8: 71,786,981 (GRCm39) R721Q probably benign Het
N4bp1 C T 8: 87,587,184 (GRCm39) D585N probably damaging Het
Napb T C 2: 148,544,977 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nexmif A T X: 103,131,213 (GRCm39) Y235N probably damaging Het
Niban1 A G 1: 151,579,447 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nms T C 1: 38,986,075 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nsun2 A G 13: 69,760,456 (GRCm39) N45D probably damaging Het
Or4c116 T A 2: 88,942,386 (GRCm39) I157L possibly damaging Het
Pak6 C T 2: 118,523,921 (GRCm39) Q359* probably null Het
Pcdhb12 C T 18: 37,569,127 (GRCm39) A91V probably benign Het
Pde11a T A 2: 76,121,510 (GRCm39) K357I probably damaging Het
Plscr1l1 A C 9: 92,234,673 (GRCm39) N60T probably damaging Het
Sec31a T A 5: 100,530,766 (GRCm39) D239V probably damaging Het
Slc13a4 T C 6: 35,245,845 (GRCm39) N600S possibly damaging Het
Smc1b T A 15: 85,001,464 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Spatc1 A T 15: 76,152,495 (GRCm39) K42* probably null Het
Sprr2j-ps A G 3: 92,326,290 (GRCm39) H55R probably benign Het
Srsf9 A G 5: 115,465,387 (GRCm39) D7G probably benign Het
Stt3a T C 9: 36,670,618 (GRCm39) Y51C probably damaging Het
Taf5 A G 19: 47,067,224 (GRCm39) K519E probably damaging Het
Taf7l A T X: 133,365,074 (GRCm39) I449K probably damaging Het
Tnk1 C A 11: 69,746,425 (GRCm39) D263Y probably damaging Het
Ttc21b T A 2: 66,054,488 (GRCm39) I714F probably benign Het
Ttn C G 2: 76,629,588 (GRCm39) W14284C probably damaging Het
Txn1 T C 4: 57,950,846 (GRCm39) D61G probably benign Het
Ugcg T C 4: 59,211,883 (GRCm39) V83A probably benign Het
Ulk3 T C 9: 57,501,077 (GRCm39) V348A probably benign Het
Wdr93 A G 7: 79,421,333 (GRCm39) T409A possibly damaging Het
Wfikkn1 A G 17: 26,097,692 (GRCm39) C211R probably damaging Het
Zap70 T C 1: 36,820,493 (GRCm39) C563R probably damaging Het
Zc3h12c C T 9: 52,027,256 (GRCm39) R721H probably benign Het
Zfp169 A G 13: 48,660,377 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Other mutations in Piwil4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00091:Piwil4 APN 9 14,614,393 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL00331:Piwil4 APN 9 14,626,327 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL00848:Piwil4 APN 9 14,638,707 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
IGL00920:Piwil4 APN 9 14,638,733 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01583:Piwil4 APN 9 14,645,783 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01690:Piwil4 APN 9 14,614,391 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01763:Piwil4 APN 9 14,617,562 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02103:Piwil4 APN 9 14,637,282 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02898:Piwil4 APN 9 14,617,583 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
IGL03037:Piwil4 APN 9 14,616,308 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
IGL03352:Piwil4 APN 9 14,637,183 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
PIT4651001:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,620,195 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.48
R0453:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,748 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2324:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,204 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3236:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,611,544 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R3408:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3844:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,641,256 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R4191:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,626,296 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R4505:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4506:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4541:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,629,612 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4652:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,623,604 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R4876:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,651,761 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.22
R5027:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,621,240 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5479:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6656:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,621,230 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6736:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,627,119 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7096:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,112 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7124:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,196 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7358:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,641,289 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R7371:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,729 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7419:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,613,691 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7467:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7571:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,893 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7644:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,711 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7992:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,614,445 (GRCm39) missense
R8284:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,774 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8679:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,322 (GRCm39) missense
R8777:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,650,685 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8777-TAIL:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,650,685 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8824:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,771 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R8863:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,631,383 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R9578:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,790 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9609:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,614,443 (GRCm39) missense
X0026:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,651,887 (GRCm39) utr 5 prime probably benign
X0064:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,620,171 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
Z1088:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,813 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CTGTTTGTTGGAGAGGTCACAAC -3'
(R):5'- GTGTACTGAAGCGTTCACAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GGTCACAACCACAAGAAAAGTG -3'
(R):5'- CTCTGTTGAGAGCTGATCCTGC -3'
Posted On 2015-02-19