Incidental Mutation 'R0443:Twnk'
ID 39297
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Twnk
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000025209
Gene Name twinkle mtDNA helicase
Synonyms Peo1, D19Ertd626e, twinkle, Twinl
MMRRC Submission 038644-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R0443 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated (trace)
Chromosome 19
Chromosomal Location 44994102-45001201 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 44996578 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glycine to Valine at position 337 (G337V)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000026227 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000026225] [ENSMUST00000026227] [ENSMUST00000097715] [ENSMUST00000130549] [ENSMUST00000179305]
AlphaFold Q8CIW5
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000026225
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000026225
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025207

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 17 N/A INTRINSIC
Sema 56 487 2.38e-165 SMART
PSI 505 556 6.59e-13 SMART
IG 567 649 6.26e-5 SMART
low complexity region 650 666 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 677 699 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 701 708 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 713 720 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 734 751 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 761 774 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000026227
AA Change: G337V

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.669 (Sensitivity: 0.86; Specificity: 0.91)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000026227
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025209
AA Change: G337V

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 213 224 N/A INTRINSIC
Blast:TOPRIM 260 331 8e-16 BLAST
Pfam:AAA_25 377 565 5.6e-25 PFAM
Pfam:DnaB_C 390 631 6.7e-17 PFAM
Pfam:KaiC 394 628 2.6e-11 PFAM
low complexity region 650 661 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000097715
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000095322
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025208

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
L51_S25_CI-B8 35 108 1.61e-23 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000130549
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000138321
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025207

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 17 N/A INTRINSIC
Sema 56 487 2.38e-165 SMART
PSI 505 556 6.59e-13 SMART
IG 567 649 6.26e-5 SMART
low complexity region 650 666 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 677 699 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 701 708 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 713 720 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 734 751 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 761 774 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000179305
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000137395
Gene: ENSMUSG00000025207

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 17 N/A INTRINSIC
Sema 56 487 2.38e-165 SMART
PSI 505 556 6.59e-13 SMART
IG 567 649 6.26e-5 SMART
low complexity region 650 666 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 677 699 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 701 708 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 713 720 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 734 751 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 761 774 N/A INTRINSIC
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1317 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.3%
  • 3x: 98.8%
  • 10x: 97.3%
  • 20x: 95.6%
Validation Efficiency 96% (52/54)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a hexameric DNA helicase which unwinds short stretches of double-stranded DNA in the 5' to 3' direction and, along with mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding protein and mtDNA polymerase gamma, is thought to play a key role in mtDNA replication. The protein localizes to the mitochondrial matrix and mitochondrial nucleoids. Mutations in this gene cause infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia (IOSCA) and progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) and are also associated with several mitochondrial depletion syndromes. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygous embryos display abnormal development. Embryos die around E8.5. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 48 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Actr3b G T 5: 26,053,409 (GRCm39) R246L probably damaging Het
Adam18 T C 8: 25,119,653 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ankhd1 A G 18: 36,777,652 (GRCm39) S1612G possibly damaging Het
Caskin1 C T 17: 24,724,374 (GRCm39) A1054V probably damaging Het
Casz1 T C 4: 149,033,368 (GRCm39) V1380A possibly damaging Het
Ccn2 T C 10: 24,471,701 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cnot6l T G 5: 96,239,604 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Crat T C 2: 30,293,640 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cux2 C T 5: 122,025,500 (GRCm39) R56H possibly damaging Het
Dst A G 1: 34,333,631 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dync2h1 G T 9: 7,167,244 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Epg5 T C 18: 77,999,118 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ergic3 G A 2: 155,858,707 (GRCm39) V278M probably benign Het
Fam20b A T 1: 156,509,023 (GRCm39) D396E probably benign Het
Gapvd1 A G 2: 34,594,633 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Golga1 A T 2: 38,908,453 (GRCm39) S749T probably damaging Het
Gsdma2 C T 11: 98,548,514 (GRCm39) T255I probably damaging Het
Itga1 T A 13: 115,128,996 (GRCm39) D554V probably benign Het
Itgam C T 7: 127,680,806 (GRCm39) A245V probably damaging Het
Kcnk15 A G 2: 163,700,243 (GRCm39) T161A probably benign Het
Map3k19 A T 1: 127,750,152 (GRCm39) N1066K probably benign Het
Ms4a6b A G 19: 11,499,044 (GRCm39) I53V possibly damaging Het
Mtf1 C T 4: 124,718,075 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Neb T C 2: 52,051,489 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nop9 A G 14: 55,991,205 (GRCm39) S621G probably benign Het
Or1e19 A G 11: 73,316,581 (GRCm39) V76A probably damaging Het
Or5p60 A G 7: 107,724,023 (GRCm39) V149A probably benign Het
Or9a2 T A 6: 41,748,829 (GRCm39) I135F possibly damaging Het
Pacs1 A T 19: 5,322,611 (GRCm39) Y102* probably null Het
Pcdhb10 A C 18: 37,545,485 (GRCm39) D187A probably damaging Het
Pih1d2 A G 9: 50,532,403 (GRCm39) R170G possibly damaging Het
Pikfyve A G 1: 65,235,865 (GRCm39) H179R probably damaging Het
Pknox1 A G 17: 31,811,193 (GRCm39) S156G probably damaging Het
Prkcz T A 4: 155,353,597 (GRCm39) D250V probably damaging Het
Psg16 T A 7: 16,829,088 (GRCm39) I224N probably benign Het
Ro60 A G 1: 143,641,661 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Slc25a40 T A 5: 8,497,348 (GRCm39) S229T probably benign Het
Slc43a2 T C 11: 75,435,493 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Snrnp40 C G 4: 130,271,836 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tas2r129 G T 6: 132,928,159 (GRCm39) C32F probably benign Het
Tfap2d C T 1: 19,174,591 (GRCm39) R15C possibly damaging Het
Tonsl T C 15: 76,523,884 (GRCm39) S39G probably benign Het
Trpc2 A G 7: 101,742,727 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ttc17 A G 2: 94,208,439 (GRCm39) F144S probably benign Het
Uvssa A G 5: 33,546,168 (GRCm39) R180G possibly damaging Het
Vmn1r197 T A 13: 22,512,241 (GRCm39) I54K possibly damaging Het
Vmn1r71 G A 7: 10,482,238 (GRCm39) T84I probably benign Het
Zbtb49 T C 5: 38,358,174 (GRCm39) E693G probably benign Het
Other mutations in Twnk
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00858:Twnk APN 19 44,996,065 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
IGL01367:Twnk APN 19 45,000,090 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.92
IGL01736:Twnk APN 19 44,998,627 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
IGL02724:Twnk APN 19 44,996,557 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL03368:Twnk APN 19 44,998,931 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0121:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,704 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R0389:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,578 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
R0427:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,026 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0501:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,185 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0791:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,693 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R1193:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,229 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1470:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1470:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1487:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,815 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1556:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,850 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R3895:Twnk UTSW 19 44,995,890 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R5652:Twnk UTSW 19 44,995,732 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.85
R6373:Twnk UTSW 19 44,997,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6595:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,931 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6880:Twnk UTSW 19 44,995,855 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7349:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,600 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.65
R7401:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,219 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.15
R7417:Twnk UTSW 19 44,999,003 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7798:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,107 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7994:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,277 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R8698:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,299 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8826:Twnk UTSW 19 44,996,434 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8855:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,272 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8866:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,272 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8972:Twnk UTSW 19 45,000,149 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9683:Twnk UTSW 19 44,998,622 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GGCGATTCAGTGTCCGCTATCTTC -3'
(R):5'- AGCCGCTTGCTCTACATTTGACAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CTCAGGATTACGTGGCCTGAAG -3'
(R):5'- CTACATTTGACAGTTCTCCTAAAACC -3'
Posted On 2013-05-23