Incidental Mutation 'R4088:Ddx4'
ID 317482
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 040981-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.686) question?
Stock # R4088 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 13
Chromosomal Location 112734867-112789009 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 112750295 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Valine to Alanine at position 386 (V386A)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000075157 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000075748] [ENSMUST00000099166]
AlphaFold Q61496
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000075748
AA Change: V386A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.047 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.83)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000075157
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021758
AA Change: V386A

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 benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000099166
AA Change: V412A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.039 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.83)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000096769
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021758
AA Change: V412A

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
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0752 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.3%
  • 20x: 95.5%
Validation Efficiency 96% (55/57)
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: 51 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
A430110L20Rik T C 1: 181,055,274 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Alox12b G T 11: 69,049,211 (GRCm39) V87L probably benign Het
Arsk T G 13: 76,246,533 (GRCm39) N32T probably benign Het
Baz1b T A 5: 135,245,794 (GRCm39) N414K probably damaging Het
Cacna1e A T 1: 154,287,929 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cdc73 A G 1: 143,484,252 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cdhr2 A G 13: 54,865,701 (GRCm39) D233G probably null Het
Cep250 G A 2: 155,834,552 (GRCm39) R2159K probably damaging Het
Col4a4 T A 1: 82,501,643 (GRCm39) Y370F unknown Het
Cyp2b9 T C 7: 25,872,881 (GRCm39) L8P probably damaging Het
Dnajc28 G A 16: 91,413,755 (GRCm39) T187M probably damaging Het
Dnajc6 T A 4: 101,496,593 (GRCm39) V920E probably damaging Het
Eef2kmt A T 16: 5,070,899 (GRCm39) I50N probably damaging Het
Esyt3 T C 9: 99,206,290 (GRCm39) M40V probably benign Het
Gkn3 C T 6: 87,360,507 (GRCm39) A163T probably damaging Het
Gpr26 G T 7: 131,568,805 (GRCm39) C50F probably benign Het
Hmcn1 A G 1: 150,578,967 (GRCm39) I1993T possibly damaging Het
Hsdl2 T A 4: 59,610,636 (GRCm39) L211Q unknown Het
Khdrbs2 A G 1: 32,372,605 (GRCm39) E93G probably damaging Het
Kif13b T C 14: 65,004,904 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Kif15 T A 9: 122,815,254 (GRCm39) L423I probably benign Het
Kmt2c A G 5: 25,492,711 (GRCm39) V834A probably benign Het
Lama3 T A 18: 12,637,365 (GRCm39) Y28* probably null Het
Map4k2 A T 19: 6,403,186 (GRCm39) H763L probably damaging Het
Mrtfb T C 16: 13,202,064 (GRCm39) F120S probably damaging Het
Ndufs3 C T 2: 90,728,689 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nfasc A T 1: 132,523,329 (GRCm39) V887E probably damaging Het
Npsr1 G A 9: 24,225,065 (GRCm39) E358K possibly damaging Het
Nrcam T C 12: 44,618,985 (GRCm39) L828P possibly damaging Het
Oprm1 T C 10: 6,780,234 (GRCm39) Y299H probably damaging Het
Or1j15 T A 2: 36,459,030 (GRCm39) L140H probably damaging Het
Osbpl8 T C 10: 111,125,651 (GRCm39) V777A possibly damaging Het
Pcnt T C 10: 76,263,848 (GRCm39) E372G probably damaging Het
Plekhh2 T C 17: 84,925,427 (GRCm39) V1408A probably benign Het
Sbk2 T C 7: 4,960,627 (GRCm39) Y181C probably damaging Het
Sf1 G A 19: 6,418,470 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Slc26a9 A G 1: 131,695,587 (GRCm39) E765G possibly damaging Het
Stab2 A G 10: 86,758,049 (GRCm39) L1073P probably damaging Het
Sypl2 A G 3: 108,124,992 (GRCm39) I123T possibly damaging Het
Taar3 A G 10: 23,825,757 (GRCm39) D101G possibly damaging Het
Thsd4 T C 9: 59,904,505 (GRCm39) R204G probably benign Het
Traf3ip3 A G 1: 192,863,628 (GRCm39) V414A probably damaging Het
Trim14 T A 4: 46,523,709 (GRCm39) T110S probably benign Het
Trim65 G A 11: 116,017,305 (GRCm39) Q386* probably null Het
Ttn G A 2: 76,748,114 (GRCm39) Q4312* probably null Het
Ubtfl1 T C 9: 18,321,264 (GRCm39) V264A probably damaging Het
Vmn1r58 C A 7: 5,413,654 (GRCm39) W192L probably damaging Het
Washc5 C A 15: 59,211,711 (GRCm39) C969F probably damaging Het
Zdhhc14 A G 17: 5,777,131 (GRCm39) K296R probably benign Het
Zfp281 T A 1: 136,553,859 (GRCm39) I279N probably damaging Het
Zfp9 G T 6: 118,441,730 (GRCm39) P311T probably damaging 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
R1886:Ddx4 UTSW 13 112,759,199 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
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
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'- AGCCTCGTTTTGTTTCCACAAG -3'
(R):5'- GCAAACAGGTTGAGTCTTGTCC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GGAAAATGCTATTATCCTGTGCG -3'
(R):5'- GTGTAAGAGCTGTGGTCAT -3'
Posted On 2015-05-15