Incidental Mutation 'R4090:Ddx4'
ID 317577
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 040983-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.686) question?
Stock # R4090 (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: 97.4%
  • 20x: 95.7%
Validation Efficiency 96% (53/55)
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: 48 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Acss3 T G 10: 106,889,313 (GRCm39) Y169S probably damaging Het
Apc2 A G 10: 80,141,378 (GRCm39) K268E probably damaging Het
Arhgef2 G C 3: 88,551,185 (GRCm39) R765P probably benign Het
Bptf T C 11: 106,972,349 (GRCm39) K840E probably damaging Het
Carf A G 1: 60,175,506 (GRCm39) R245G possibly damaging Het
Cd36 A G 5: 17,990,718 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cep250 G A 2: 155,834,552 (GRCm39) R2159K probably damaging Het
Cldn34c4 A T X: 126,629,011 (GRCm39) V153E probably damaging Het
Col4a4 T A 1: 82,501,643 (GRCm39) Y370F unknown Het
Cplane1 T A 15: 8,241,842 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Exoc6 A G 19: 37,560,360 (GRCm39) T126A probably benign Het
Fam83f A T 15: 80,576,393 (GRCm39) N348I possibly damaging Het
Gja8 A G 3: 96,826,468 (GRCm39) V398A probably benign Het
Gkn3 C T 6: 87,360,507 (GRCm39) A163T probably damaging Het
Gm12789 A T 4: 101,845,526 (GRCm39) T72S possibly damaging Het
Gm1988 A G 7: 38,820,292 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gm21370 A G 13: 120,488,489 (GRCm39) V20A probably benign Het
Hjurp G C 1: 88,204,937 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hsd17b13 T A 5: 104,113,720 (GRCm39) S245C probably benign Het
Htr1f T C 16: 64,746,324 (GRCm39) K323E probably benign Het
Igkc T C 6: 70,703,442 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ksr1 T C 11: 78,918,303 (GRCm39) E535G probably damaging Het
Mlxipl A T 5: 135,161,381 (GRCm39) E433D probably benign Het
Npc1 T C 18: 12,331,219 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Or10ak7 C T 4: 118,791,230 (GRCm39) E272K probably benign Het
Or1e29 A G 11: 73,667,667 (GRCm39) L162P probably damaging Het
Or6y1 A G 1: 174,276,500 (GRCm39) T104A probably benign Het
Or7g17 T C 9: 18,768,398 (GRCm39) I159T probably benign Het
Pcdha3 A G 18: 37,081,504 (GRCm39) R749G probably benign Het
Ppme1 A T 7: 99,997,044 (GRCm39) N122K possibly damaging Het
Rasal1 G A 5: 120,813,674 (GRCm39) V657M possibly damaging Het
Rbm47 A G 5: 66,180,080 (GRCm39) M409T probably benign Het
Rragd C T 4: 33,007,155 (GRCm39) T161M probably damaging Het
Slurp1 T C 15: 74,598,724 (GRCm39) H89R possibly damaging Het
Snap23 A G 2: 120,416,061 (GRCm39) I42V probably benign Het
Sypl2 A G 3: 108,124,992 (GRCm39) I123T possibly damaging Het
Taar8a T A 10: 23,953,062 (GRCm39) V222E probably damaging Het
Tmem171 A T 13: 98,829,096 (GRCm39) V18D probably damaging Het
Topors T C 4: 40,260,794 (GRCm39) D830G unknown Het
Traf3ip3 A G 1: 192,863,628 (GRCm39) V414A probably damaging Het
Tubg1 T A 11: 101,015,364 (GRCm39) M270K possibly damaging Het
Vmn1r188 T C 13: 22,272,772 (GRCm39) V242A probably benign Het
Vmn1r19 T A 6: 57,381,720 (GRCm39) I91N probably damaging Het
Vmn2r12 T A 5: 109,239,412 (GRCm39) M384L probably benign Het
Wdr26 T C 1: 181,030,679 (GRCm39) E205G probably damaging Het
Zfp281 T A 1: 136,553,859 (GRCm39) I279N probably damaging Het
Zfp398 T A 6: 47,843,159 (GRCm39) C272S probably damaging Het
Zfp975 A G 7: 42,312,298 (GRCm39) V105A 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
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
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
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