Incidental Mutation 'R3162:Tert'
ID 349861
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Tert
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000021611
Gene Name telomerase reverse transcriptase
Synonyms TR
MMRRC Submission 040613-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.566) question?
Stock # R3162 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 13
Chromosomal Location 73775030-73797962 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 73775528 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamic Acid to Glycine at position 93 (E93G)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000022104 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000022104] [ENSMUST00000221522] [ENSMUST00000223303]
AlphaFold O70372
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000022104
AA Change: E93G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.453 (Sensitivity: 0.89; Specificity: 0.90)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000022104
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021611
AA Change: E93G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Blast:Telomerase_RBD 329 375 2e-6 BLAST
Telomerase_RBD 449 584 5.02e-75 SMART
Blast:Telomerase_RBD 651 688 1e-5 BLAST
Pfam:RVT_1 787 918 6e-13 PFAM
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000221522
AA Change: E93G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.179 (Sensitivity: 0.92; Specificity: 0.87)
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000223196
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000223303
AA Change: E93G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.179 (Sensitivity: 0.92; Specificity: 0.87)
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1795 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.1%
  • 20x: 94.9%
Validation Efficiency 98% (62/63)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
PHENOTYPE: In spite of impaired telomerase function, homozygous mutant mice are overtly normal in early generations. Impaired fertility has been reported in later generations for homozygotes of at least one knockout allele. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 53 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
4933412E24Rik T A 15: 59,888,134 (GRCm39) E102V probably damaging Het
9930014A18Rik A T 15: 60,695,296 (GRCm39) V150E probably damaging Het
Adcy9 A G 16: 4,129,452 (GRCm39) L715P probably damaging Het
Atad2b C A 12: 4,989,689 (GRCm39) N133K possibly damaging Het
AW551984 C A 9: 39,504,325 (GRCm39) R547L probably damaging Het
B3galt6 A G 4: 156,076,464 (GRCm39) Y204H probably benign Het
Camk1g T C 1: 193,042,115 (GRCm39) T45A possibly damaging Het
Caps2 C A 10: 112,018,391 (GRCm39) Y180* probably null Het
Cfap54 T A 10: 92,881,140 (GRCm39) K349N probably damaging Het
Copa T A 1: 171,918,800 (GRCm39) C127S probably damaging Het
Dapk2 T G 9: 66,161,893 (GRCm39) V267G probably damaging Het
Ddb1 T C 19: 10,603,335 (GRCm39) L881P probably damaging Het
Decr1 T A 4: 15,930,972 (GRCm39) D120V probably damaging Het
Dennd1c C T 17: 57,373,562 (GRCm39) G637D possibly damaging Het
Dhrs3 A G 4: 144,646,016 (GRCm39) D108G possibly damaging Het
Disp1 T C 1: 182,868,806 (GRCm39) K1205E probably benign Het
Dusp6 T C 10: 99,099,944 (GRCm39) Y131H probably damaging Het
Eif2b2 A T 12: 85,266,435 (GRCm39) M34L probably benign Het
Errfi1 G A 4: 150,951,816 (GRCm39) E415K probably damaging Het
Ext1 T C 15: 53,208,000 (GRCm39) N254D possibly damaging Het
Gm13141 GGTTTCTTGATGCC G 4: 147,612,561 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Hnrnpu T C 1: 178,158,690 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hpx C T 7: 105,248,847 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hyal3 T A 9: 107,464,005 (GRCm39) C407S probably damaging Het
Insr T G 8: 3,211,416 (GRCm39) N1141T possibly damaging Het
Ipo9 T C 1: 135,337,214 (GRCm39) T174A probably benign Het
Ivd T C 2: 118,692,650 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Leprot C T 4: 101,515,090 (GRCm39) T89I probably damaging Het
Msh6 T C 17: 88,292,909 (GRCm39) Y555H probably damaging Het
Nup155 G T 15: 8,177,867 (GRCm39) R1083S possibly damaging Het
Nusap1 A T 2: 119,460,885 (GRCm39) Q126L possibly damaging Het
Or13c7b T A 4: 43,820,544 (GRCm39) K272N probably benign Het
Or5al1 T C 2: 85,990,439 (GRCm39) I92V probably benign Het
Or6x1 G T 9: 40,098,901 (GRCm39) Q163H probably benign Het
Or7a35 C A 10: 78,853,438 (GRCm39) T94N probably benign Het
Pdik1l A G 4: 134,011,561 (GRCm39) L94S probably damaging Het
Pkdrej T A 15: 85,700,818 (GRCm39) D1706V probably damaging Het
Pkhd1l1 A G 15: 44,368,924 (GRCm39) I856M probably damaging Het
Prkcz A T 4: 155,374,981 (GRCm39) D114E probably benign Het
Psap T C 10: 60,113,575 (GRCm39) L4P possibly damaging Het
Ptprk T C 10: 28,468,822 (GRCm39) V1402A probably benign Het
Rai14 T C 15: 10,633,250 (GRCm39) T47A possibly damaging Het
Rlf A G 4: 121,006,044 (GRCm39) S979P probably damaging Het
Skic2 C T 17: 35,066,789 (GRCm39) W88* probably null Het
Skic8 T A 9: 54,631,473 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Srbd1 A T 17: 86,437,643 (GRCm39) D233E probably benign Het
Tacr2 A G 10: 62,101,024 (GRCm39) D378G probably benign Het
Taok2 A G 7: 126,474,347 (GRCm39) I294T possibly damaging Het
Tns2 A G 15: 102,021,771 (GRCm39) E1118G possibly damaging Het
Ttc22 A T 4: 106,480,276 (GRCm39) I177F probably damaging Het
Vmn2r86 T C 10: 130,291,673 (GRCm39) R31G probably damaging Het
Wnt5a T C 14: 28,244,445 (GRCm39) Y231H probably benign Het
Zw10 T C 9: 48,988,860 (GRCm39) Y709H probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Tert
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01286:Tert APN 13 73,776,416 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.76
IGL01585:Tert APN 13 73,782,463 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.15
IGL03167:Tert APN 13 73,788,119 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
galileo UTSW 13 73,775,725 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
FR4304:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,421 (GRCm39) utr 3 prime probably benign
FR4342:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,419 (GRCm39) utr 3 prime probably benign
FR4589:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,423 (GRCm39) utr 3 prime probably benign
PIT4377001:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,380 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R0372:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,110 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0433:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,200 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0829:Tert UTSW 13 73,792,504 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1023:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,178 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.41
R1236:Tert UTSW 13 73,784,498 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1331:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,473 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1426:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,472 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1467:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,328 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R1467:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,328 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R1521:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,175 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2484:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,104 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3162:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,528 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.45
R4428:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4430:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4431:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4630:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,110 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4696:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,939 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R4751:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,182 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R4926:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,508 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.62
R5011:Tert UTSW 13 73,794,428 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5013:Tert UTSW 13 73,794,428 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5061:Tert UTSW 13 73,782,397 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5268:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,473 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5323:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,490 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R5396:Tert UTSW 13 73,787,362 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R5445:Tert UTSW 13 73,792,403 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5680:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,470 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R5688:Tert UTSW 13 73,787,275 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6092:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,700 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.34
R6973:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,107 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R7069:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,529 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7317:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,495 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7747:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,725 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7787:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,051 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7846:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,314 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7994:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,074 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.20
R8042:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,264 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8044:Tert UTSW 13 73,783,568 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8867:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,566 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9181:Tert UTSW 13 73,785,294 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R9412:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,046 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R9745:Tert UTSW 13 73,784,609 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R9790:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,648 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R9791:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,648 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R9792:Tert UTSW 13 73,792,442 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CCAATGCCTAGTGTGCATGC -3'
(R):5'- GCACAAATTTGGTACAGGGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATGCACTGGGGCTCACAG -3'
(R):5'- CAGTGTGCCAGCAGGTAGAC -3'
Posted On 2015-10-08