Incidental Mutation 'R5174:Cers3'
ID 470566
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Cers3
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000030510
Gene Name ceramide synthase 3
Synonyms T3L, related to TRH3, Lass3, CerS3, 4930550L11Rik, LOC233330
MMRRC Submission 042754-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly non essential (E-score: 0.264) question?
Stock # R5174 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 7
Chromosomal Location 66393252-66473439 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 66434616 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Lysine to Methionine at position 203 (K203M)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000146745 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000066475] [ENSMUST00000208521]
AlphaFold Q1A3B0
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000066475
AA Change: K239M

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000069238
Gene: ENSMUSG00000030510
AA Change: K239M

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
transmembrane domain 66 88 N/A INTRINSIC
HOX 110 167 2.48e-2 SMART
TLC 166 367 6.52e-57 SMART
low complexity region 379 391 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000208521
AA Change: K203M

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.4869 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 96.9%
  • 20x: 94.3%
Validation Efficiency 99% (69/70)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene is a member of the ceramide synthase family of genes. The ceramide synthase enzymes regulate sphingolipid synthesis by catalyzing the formation of ceramides from sphingoid base and acyl-coA substrates. This family member is involved in the synthesis of ceramides with ultra-long-chain acyl moieties (ULC-Cers), important to the epidermis in its role in creating a protective barrier from the environment. The protein encoded by this gene has also been implicated in modification of the lipid structures required for spermatogenesis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with male fertility defects, and epidermal defects, including ichthyosis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit a lethal skin barrier disruption defect due to a lack of ultra-long-chain acyl ceramides, impaired stratum corneum desquamation, accelerated lamellar body biogenesis and extrusion, and delayed keratinocyte cornification. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 66 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Ank3 T C 10: 69,728,209 (GRCm39) S632P probably damaging Het
Arhgef16 G A 4: 154,366,504 (GRCm39) R451W probably damaging Het
Asxl3 A T 18: 22,656,172 (GRCm39) D1394V probably benign Het
Atp2a3 T A 11: 72,871,041 (GRCm39) I545N probably damaging Het
Cadps2 T A 6: 23,287,742 (GRCm39) Y1181F probably damaging Het
Camkmt C A 17: 85,759,665 (GRCm39) F268L probably benign Het
Casp14 C T 10: 78,551,225 (GRCm39) G20D possibly damaging Het
Celf1 T C 2: 90,831,353 (GRCm39) C61R probably damaging Het
Cenpp CAAACCTGAAAA CAAA 13: 49,618,258 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Clip4 T C 17: 72,117,957 (GRCm39) F334S probably damaging Het
Cyp2b13 T A 7: 25,788,118 (GRCm39) D415E possibly damaging Het
Decr2 A T 17: 26,306,443 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dmxl2 T C 9: 54,352,768 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dnah7b G A 1: 46,282,509 (GRCm39) A2881T possibly damaging Het
Dnaja3 A G 16: 4,502,161 (GRCm39) H55R probably benign Het
Dnajc11 T C 4: 152,064,441 (GRCm39) F531L probably damaging Het
Efcab6 A G 15: 83,938,687 (GRCm39) F10L probably benign Het
Epm2aip1 T C 9: 111,102,455 (GRCm39) F476S probably damaging Het
Fat3 T C 9: 15,910,866 (GRCm39) N1712S probably damaging Het
Flnc T C 6: 29,448,893 (GRCm39) V1343A possibly damaging Het
Fsip2 C T 2: 82,811,085 (GRCm39) P2468L probably benign Het
Gm5798 A G 14: 41,070,620 (GRCm39) H10R possibly damaging Het
Gm7168 A G 17: 14,168,717 (GRCm39) Y28C probably damaging Het
Gtpbp6 G A 5: 110,255,983 (GRCm39) R19C possibly damaging Het
Gucy2e A G 11: 69,127,392 (GRCm39) F27S probably benign Het
Inhca C T 9: 103,159,755 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Krba1 A G 6: 48,389,229 (GRCm39) E548G probably damaging Het
Ltbr A G 6: 125,286,500 (GRCm39) S229P probably benign Het
Mgat5b A T 11: 116,868,541 (GRCm39) Y488F probably benign Het
Mia3 T A 1: 183,112,348 (GRCm39) K475* probably null Het
Mrpl53 C T 6: 83,086,638 (GRCm39) T114M possibly damaging Het
Mrps35 T C 6: 146,961,709 (GRCm39) Y195H possibly damaging Het
Muc4 A T 16: 32,570,556 (GRCm39) I539F possibly damaging Het
Nedd1 T A 10: 92,547,074 (GRCm39) T150S possibly damaging Het
Nox4 T G 7: 86,972,974 (GRCm39) I327S probably benign Het
Nrk C G X: 137,887,528 (GRCm39) A1018G probably benign Het
Or4c102 T A 2: 88,422,992 (GRCm39) N281K probably damaging Het
Or4d5 T C 9: 40,012,043 (GRCm39) T248A possibly damaging Het
Or52ae7 T A 7: 103,119,610 (GRCm39) F121L probably benign Het
Or5w19 T A 2: 87,698,755 (GRCm39) V140E possibly damaging Het
Pdzd2 G A 15: 12,372,600 (GRCm39) P2512S probably benign Het
Ptgis T A 2: 167,045,390 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Rnf170 T A 8: 26,619,196 (GRCm39) M140K probably benign Het
Scaf4 A T 16: 90,044,062 (GRCm39) I637K unknown Het
Sdccag8 A T 1: 176,672,916 (GRCm39) T270S probably damaging Het
Sec24d T C 3: 123,158,575 (GRCm39) C1022R probably damaging Het
Sec63 T C 10: 42,705,077 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Serpinb3d C G 1: 107,006,228 (GRCm39) E287Q possibly damaging Het
Silc1 A T 12: 27,192,027 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Smarcd2 A G 11: 106,157,871 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Sox15 A G 11: 69,546,545 (GRCm39) Y116C probably damaging Het
Spag16 T C 1: 70,532,955 (GRCm39) S545P probably damaging Het
Ssc5d C A 7: 4,930,970 (GRCm39) T184N possibly damaging Het
St6galnac2 A T 11: 116,572,773 (GRCm39) F228I probably damaging Het
Syne1 T C 10: 4,991,490 (GRCm39) N8408S probably damaging Het
Trank1 A C 9: 111,194,627 (GRCm39) T884P probably benign Het
Ubr3 T A 2: 69,839,506 (GRCm39) L1540H probably damaging Het
Ugt2b37 C A 5: 87,399,739 (GRCm39) M256I probably benign Het
Vmn2r69 G A 7: 85,064,739 (GRCm39) T49I possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r72 T A 7: 85,387,048 (GRCm39) I839L probably benign Het
Zcrb1 A G 15: 93,285,456 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Zfp319 A T 8: 96,054,797 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Zfp592 T C 7: 80,688,073 (GRCm39) S1000P probably damaging Het
Zfp938 T C 10: 82,061,838 (GRCm39) N261D possibly damaging Het
Zfp957 A G 14: 79,450,828 (GRCm39) S324P unknown Het
Zswim6 G T 13: 107,863,216 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Other mutations in Cers3
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01321:Cers3 APN 7 66,435,751 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02832:Cers3 APN 7 66,431,573 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0400:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,414,078 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R0490:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,423,438 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.69
R0558:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,433,166 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0571:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,805 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R1452:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,433,152 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1538:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,431,571 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R1767:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,433,151 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2155:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,433,162 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R2427:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,445,541 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R3705:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R3713:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R3714:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R3715:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R3961:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R3963:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R4238:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,423,424 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4652:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,431,604 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6493:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,393,468 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R6675:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,844 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.50
R6807:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,413,968 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6833:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,429,419 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R7223:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,433,163 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7592:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,439,377 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7835:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,423,387 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R8202:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,761 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R8322:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,439,386 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8350:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,414,090 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R8450:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,414,090 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R8757:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,850 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8759:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,435,850 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9149:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,393,442 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R9712:Cers3 UTSW 7 66,423,378 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ATGGAACGTGAATGGGTGTC -3'
(R):5'- GGTAGACCAGGAAAACAGCTTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CGTGAATGGGTGTCAGTAAATTAAAG -3'
(R):5'- CAGCTTCAAACATAAAGTGTCTCTG -3'
Posted On 2017-03-14