Incidental Mutation 'R4710:A2m'
ID 353203
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol A2m
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000030111
Gene Name alpha-2-macroglobulin
Synonyms A2mp
MMRRC Submission 042019-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R4710 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 6
Chromosomal Location 121612920-121656197 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 121618262 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamine to Leucine at position 185 (Q185L)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000032203 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000032203] [ENSMUST00000204850]
AlphaFold Q6GQT1
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000032203
AA Change: Q185L

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.029 (Sensitivity: 0.95; Specificity: 0.82)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000032203
Gene: ENSMUSG00000030111
AA Change: Q185L

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 30 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:A2M_N 134 227 2.1e-20 PFAM
low complexity region 334 347 N/A INTRINSIC
A2M_N_2 465 613 2.04e-31 SMART
low complexity region 722 731 N/A INTRINSIC
A2M 738 828 2.31e-39 SMART
Pfam:Thiol-ester_cl 961 990 4.4e-18 PFAM
Pfam:A2M_comp 1010 1266 1.4e-98 PFAM
A2M_recep 1376 1463 2.69e-40 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000204850
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1759 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 96.9%
  • 20x: 94.5%
Validation Efficiency 99% (75/76)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The protein encoded by this gene is a protease inhibitor and cytokine transporter. It uses a bait-and-trap mechanism to inhibit a broad spectrum of proteases, including trypsin, thrombin and collagenase. It can also inhibit inflammatory cytokines, and it thus disrupts inflammatory cascades. Mutations in this gene are a cause of alpha-2-macroglobulin deficiency. This gene is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its ability to mediate the clearance and degradation of A-beta, the major component of beta-amyloid deposits. A related pseudogene, which is also located on the p arm of chromosome 12, has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2016]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 72 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Acaca T A 11: 84,283,163 (GRCm39) I2243N possibly damaging Het
Adamts18 A G 8: 114,433,558 (GRCm39) S1059P probably damaging Het
Aox4 A T 1: 58,294,797 (GRCm39) K1002M probably damaging Het
Ap1b1 A G 11: 4,981,664 (GRCm39) Y524C probably damaging Het
Bag4 C T 8: 26,259,516 (GRCm39) A228T probably benign Het
Bpifb6 T A 2: 153,750,436 (GRCm39) I309N possibly damaging Het
Cd209b T C 8: 3,974,215 (GRCm39) E99G probably damaging Het
Cntn2 T A 1: 132,455,963 (GRCm39) H185L possibly damaging Het
Col4a2 C A 8: 11,459,462 (GRCm39) P299Q probably benign Het
Commd3 A G 2: 18,679,093 (GRCm39) N106S probably benign Het
Coro7 T G 16: 4,452,797 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ctf1 C A 7: 127,316,252 (GRCm39) P66Q probably damaging Het
Dclre1c T C 2: 3,441,898 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dnaaf3 A T 7: 4,529,493 (GRCm39) L317Q probably damaging Het
Dnah2 A G 11: 69,368,903 (GRCm39) L1667P probably damaging Het
Dpp4 A G 2: 62,190,659 (GRCm39) I399T probably benign Het
Dysf C A 6: 84,074,697 (GRCm39) D499E probably damaging Het
Erg T C 16: 95,190,893 (GRCm39) D90G possibly damaging Het
F11 T C 8: 45,703,183 (GRCm39) Y169C probably damaging Het
Fabp3 C T 4: 130,206,180 (GRCm39) T57I probably benign Het
Fcgbp A T 7: 27,794,386 (GRCm39) M1197L probably benign Het
Gimd1 T C 3: 132,340,609 (GRCm39) S42P possibly damaging Het
Gm5526 T A 1: 45,896,579 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gnl2 T A 4: 124,947,252 (GRCm39) S625T probably benign Het
H2-Q2 A G 17: 35,562,278 (GRCm39) E175G probably damaging Het
Hmgxb3 G A 18: 61,270,547 (GRCm39) P926S probably damaging Het
Ifi213 G A 1: 173,394,738 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Inhba T C 13: 16,201,068 (GRCm39) V210A probably benign Het
Kansl1l G A 1: 66,840,655 (GRCm39) A215V possibly damaging Het
Kcnk1 T A 8: 126,756,267 (GRCm39) V263D probably damaging Het
Kcnk9 A G 15: 72,384,824 (GRCm39) I118T probably damaging Het
Lamb1 A G 12: 31,332,582 (GRCm39) I283V probably benign Het
Larp7-ps T C 4: 92,079,212 (GRCm39) E203G possibly damaging Het
Lias A G 5: 65,555,070 (GRCm39) D88G probably benign Het
Lrrk2 G A 15: 91,584,130 (GRCm39) V297M possibly damaging Het
Maea C T 5: 33,526,034 (GRCm39) R237C probably benign Het
Mdfi T A 17: 48,135,511 (GRCm39) N73I probably damaging Het
Mphosph6 T A 8: 118,528,641 (GRCm39) M1L probably damaging Het
Mta2 T A 19: 8,926,517 (GRCm39) I486N probably damaging Het
Nbr1 C T 11: 101,466,101 (GRCm39) P769L probably damaging Het
Ncam2 T A 16: 81,262,594 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ndel1 A G 11: 68,736,163 (GRCm39) Y26H probably damaging Het
Neb T C 2: 52,150,610 (GRCm39) R2473G probably benign Het
Or10ag53 T A 2: 87,082,384 (GRCm39) D34E possibly damaging Het
Or2t46 A T 11: 58,472,548 (GRCm39) I293F probably damaging Het
Or4c3d T C 2: 89,882,494 (GRCm39) Y58C probably damaging Het
Or5h19 T A 16: 58,856,638 (GRCm39) H154L possibly damaging Het
Or6d13 T C 6: 116,517,611 (GRCm39) Y66H possibly damaging Het
Or9a2 G T 6: 41,748,442 (GRCm39) Q264K probably benign Het
Prkn A C 17: 12,073,720 (GRCm39) Q346P possibly damaging Het
Prrc2b T A 2: 32,083,869 (GRCm39) S236R possibly damaging Het
Rae1 G T 2: 172,857,185 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Rnf112 T C 11: 61,340,657 (GRCm39) D491G probably damaging Het
Rnf220 C T 4: 117,146,411 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ryr3 G A 2: 112,596,646 (GRCm39) L2483F probably damaging Het
Sema6a T C 18: 47,403,750 (GRCm39) N624S probably benign Het
Sgms1 C T 19: 32,137,537 (GRCm39) V10M probably damaging Het
Slc23a2 T C 2: 131,898,629 (GRCm39) N636S probably benign Het
Slc25a48 C T 13: 56,611,379 (GRCm39) T162I probably damaging Het
Smtn G A 11: 3,474,663 (GRCm39) S716F probably damaging Het
Snrnp200 T C 2: 127,068,053 (GRCm39) L850P probably damaging Het
Sost G A 11: 101,857,670 (GRCm39) P44S probably damaging Het
Sox18 A G 2: 181,312,688 (GRCm39) Y148H probably damaging Het
Stk-ps1 A G 17: 36,708,562 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Tas2r104 T A 6: 131,662,407 (GRCm39) T101S probably damaging Het
Traf3ip2 C T 10: 39,515,256 (GRCm39) P345S possibly damaging Het
Ttn A G 2: 76,582,428 (GRCm39) Y22822H probably damaging Het
Vmn2r4 A G 3: 64,317,201 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Vmn2r53 T A 7: 12,335,129 (GRCm39) H177L probably benign Het
Zbtb20 G T 16: 43,431,039 (GRCm39) A517S probably damaging Het
Zfat A T 15: 68,052,131 (GRCm39) D554E probably benign Het
Zfp719 C T 7: 43,239,656 (GRCm39) H415Y probably damaging Het
Other mutations in A2m
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00494:A2m APN 6 121,621,108 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
IGL00798:A2m APN 6 121,647,969 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01154:A2m APN 6 121,650,501 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL01313:A2m APN 6 121,621,969 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL01337:A2m APN 6 121,645,529 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
IGL01505:A2m APN 6 121,653,906 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.83
IGL01508:A2m APN 6 121,636,326 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL01672:A2m APN 6 121,618,316 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01951:A2m APN 6 121,644,149 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.78
IGL02012:A2m APN 6 121,651,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02066:A2m APN 6 121,626,854 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02234:A2m APN 6 121,645,179 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
IGL02397:A2m APN 6 121,623,834 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02407:A2m APN 6 121,645,575 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02408:A2m APN 6 121,621,130 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02469:A2m APN 6 121,645,074 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02527:A2m APN 6 121,638,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02612:A2m APN 6 121,654,971 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02746:A2m APN 6 121,646,462 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02952:A2m APN 6 121,654,984 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL03056:A2m APN 6 121,647,862 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
IGL03121:A2m APN 6 121,618,265 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
IGL03303:A2m APN 6 121,644,122 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03369:A2m APN 6 121,653,862 (GRCm39) critical splice acceptor site probably null
IGL03046:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,282 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R0040:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,165 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R0049:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,267 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R0049:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,267 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R0109:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,262 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0147:A2m UTSW 6 121,639,405 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0148:A2m UTSW 6 121,639,405 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0345:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,231 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0445:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,914 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0766:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,849 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1186:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,493 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1436:A2m UTSW 6 121,621,172 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R1452:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,015 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1636:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1637:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1638:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1698:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,117 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R1776:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,383 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1791:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1918:A2m UTSW 6 121,621,895 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.16
R1921:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1927:A2m UTSW 6 121,613,338 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1934:A2m UTSW 6 121,626,792 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R1943:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,506 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R1996:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,556 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2039:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,908 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.32
R2085:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,918 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2092:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,896 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2105:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,459 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2107:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2235:A2m UTSW 6 121,619,023 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R2292:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,518 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R2350:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,047 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R3001:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,406 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3002:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,406 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3023:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,531 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R3429:A2m UTSW 6 121,613,249 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null
R3437:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,253 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.03
R3909:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,125 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4300:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,434 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4332:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,406 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R4584:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,365 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R4697:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,243 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null 0.94
R4841:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,803 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R5206:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,766 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5219:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,909 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R5230:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5330:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,375 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R5331:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,375 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R5377:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5590:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,891 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5835:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,295 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5910:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,076 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5915:A2m UTSW 6 121,644,122 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5949:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,032 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5994:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,862 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R5996:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6035:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6035:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6090:A2m UTSW 6 121,624,972 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
R6241:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,788 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R6294:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,440 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6492:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,464 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.35
R6554:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,246 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6597:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,080 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6742:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,995 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R6795:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,281 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6843:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,360 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7013:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,345 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.00
R7137:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,944 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.85
R7167:A2m UTSW 6 121,624,930 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7294:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,541 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7452:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,291 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7507:A2m UTSW 6 121,652,177 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7602:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,895 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R7602:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,966 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7709:A2m UTSW 6 121,637,063 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R7766:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,300 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7921:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,954 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8007:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,845 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R8291:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,017 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8542:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,369 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R8856:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,349 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9023:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,917 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R9154:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,512 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9156:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,957 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9255:A2m UTSW 6 121,626,795 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9269:A2m UTSW 6 121,637,865 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R9325:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,578 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R9393:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,270 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.91
R9563:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,009 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
X0057:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,135 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
X0060:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,039 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
X0063:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,835 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AGCCTACCCAGGAATGGATG -3'
(R):5'- ACCGAACGAATCTAAGTAAGTGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATGGATGGCTGGAACTCACCTG -3'
(R):5'- CTAAGTAAGTGCTGACTCTGAGCTC -3'
Posted On 2015-10-21