Incidental Mutation 'R4191:Piwil4'
ID 318316
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 041022-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.192) question?
Stock # R4191 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 9
Chromosomal Location 14613072-14651968 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 14626296 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Serine to Proline at position 465 (S465P)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000111308 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000115644]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
AA Change: S538P

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.482 (Sensitivity: 0.89; Specificity: 0.90)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912
AA Change: S538P

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 noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000115643
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000111307
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Blast:Piwi 1 59 5e-6 BLAST
Piwi 151 444 6.71e-126 SMART
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000115644
AA Change: S465P

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.988 (Sensitivity: 0.73; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000111308
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912
AA Change: S465P

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 92 245 6.5e-10 PFAM
PAZ 266 403 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 541 834 6.71e-126 SMART
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000128327
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.2130 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.3%
  • 3x: 98.7%
  • 10x: 97.5%
  • 20x: 95.9%
Validation Efficiency 95% (57/60)
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: 50 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abcc1 A G 16: 14,207,728 (GRCm39) T22A probably damaging Het
Ache A T 5: 137,289,334 (GRCm39) I347F probably damaging Het
Adgrl1 C G 8: 84,665,569 (GRCm39) R1464G probably benign Het
Cdh11 T C 8: 103,377,380 (GRCm39) D422G probably damaging Het
Cdx1 C T 18: 61,153,510 (GRCm39) S176N possibly damaging Het
Cimip3 C T 17: 47,747,562 (GRCm39) R61H probably damaging Het
Csmd3 T C 15: 47,710,667 (GRCm39) D1536G probably damaging Het
Cyct G T 2: 76,184,535 (GRCm39) P72Q probably damaging Het
Ddx19b A T 8: 111,737,980 (GRCm39) L256Q probably damaging Het
Disp1 G T 1: 182,870,737 (GRCm39) A561E probably damaging Het
Donson C A 16: 91,485,480 (GRCm39) A41S possibly damaging Het
Gldc T C 19: 30,123,058 (GRCm39) E279G probably damaging Het
Gpr160 A T 3: 30,950,863 (GRCm39) I312F possibly damaging Het
H2-Eb2 G A 17: 34,563,529 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Igdcc4 A G 9: 65,031,433 (GRCm39) Q457R probably benign Het
Irf2bp2 T C 8: 127,320,084 (GRCm39) D31G probably damaging Het
Klrb1 T A 6: 128,690,597 (GRCm39) K42* probably null Het
Lrrfip1 A T 1: 91,038,121 (GRCm39) E446D probably benign Het
Macf1 A G 4: 123,366,835 (GRCm39) F1077S possibly damaging Het
Maml3 A G 3: 51,597,390 (GRCm39) V1098A probably benign Het
Mrgpra4 T C 7: 47,630,867 (GRCm39) S245G probably benign Het
Mybbp1a A G 11: 72,342,113 (GRCm39) E1283G probably damaging Het
Myh2 A G 11: 67,068,226 (GRCm39) S285G possibly damaging Het
Myh7b A G 2: 155,475,319 (GRCm39) D1876G probably benign Het
Nr4a2 T C 2: 57,002,391 (GRCm39) S21G probably damaging Het
Or10d1c T A 9: 38,894,313 (GRCm39) Q9L probably benign Het
Or2y14 T A 11: 49,404,639 (GRCm39) M58K probably damaging Het
Or7g25 A G 9: 19,160,383 (GRCm39) V104A probably benign Het
Or8c11 T A 9: 38,289,648 (GRCm39) M157K probably damaging Het
Or8k18 C A 2: 86,085,666 (GRCm39) V124L probably benign Het
Pcdhgb8 G C 18: 37,896,594 (GRCm39) D555H probably damaging Het
Pcsk6 T C 7: 65,675,056 (GRCm39) S476P probably damaging Het
Pex10 T C 4: 155,152,362 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Pgf T C 12: 85,218,561 (GRCm39) D63G probably benign Het
Plcb1 A C 2: 135,187,010 (GRCm39) H759P probably damaging Het
Pmfbp1 A T 8: 110,254,260 (GRCm39) M432L probably benign Het
Prodh C T 16: 17,891,504 (GRCm39) V480I probably benign Het
Rmnd1 A T 10: 4,360,809 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ro60 T C 1: 143,646,524 (GRCm39) I74V probably benign Het
Senp2 G T 16: 21,865,417 (GRCm39) W580L probably damaging Het
Svep1 C T 4: 58,046,601 (GRCm39) C3510Y possibly damaging Het
Tanc1 A G 2: 59,669,357 (GRCm39) I1274V probably damaging Het
Tep1 T C 14: 51,074,263 (GRCm39) E1874G probably damaging Het
Tgfbr2 T C 9: 115,939,009 (GRCm39) T298A probably damaging Het
Tlk1 G A 2: 70,555,891 (GRCm39) R423C probably damaging Het
Trp53rkb T C 2: 166,637,395 (GRCm39) I117T probably damaging Het
Ttll9 A G 2: 152,844,927 (GRCm39) T432A probably benign Het
Vit A G 17: 78,894,255 (GRCm39) H219R probably benign Het
Zfp112 A G 7: 23,825,568 (GRCm39) D512G probably benign Het
Zfyve19 A G 2: 119,041,312 (GRCm39) K76R possibly damaging 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
R3689: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
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'- TTGATTGTACACTCACATTTTGGGG -3'
(R):5'- ACCCTCCATCTAGGCTTTGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GTACACTCACATTTTGGGGTAGCC -3'
(R):5'- GAGGCCACTTGACTGCCAAC -3'
Posted On 2015-06-10