Incidental Mutation 'R6089:Eif2ak3'
ID 484653
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Eif2ak3
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031668
Gene Name eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3
Synonyms PERK
MMRRC Submission 044246-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.650) question?
Stock # R6089 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 6
Chromosomal Location 70821499-70882229 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 70873918 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Serine at position 944 (T944S)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000034093 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000034093]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000034093
AA Change: T944S

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.874 (Sensitivity: 0.83; Specificity: 0.93)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000034093
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031668
AA Change: T944S

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 28 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 48 82 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 125 139 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 221 230 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 470 481 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Pkinase_Tyr 589 662 1.6e-6 PFAM
Pfam:Pkinase 589 673 3.2e-12 PFAM
Pfam:Pkinase 839 1075 1.9e-38 PFAM
Pfam:Pkinase_Tyr 859 1073 5.8e-25 PFAM
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000159401
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000161316
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.9%
  • 3x: 99.6%
  • 10x: 97.8%
  • 20x: 93.3%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: The protein encoded by this gene phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation-initiation factor 2, leading to its inactivation, and thus to a rapid reduction of translational initiation and repression of global protein synthesis. This protein is thought to modulate mitochondrial function. It is a type I membrane protein located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where it is induced by ER stress caused by malfolded proteins. Mutations in a similar gene in human are associated with Wolcott-Rallison syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygous mutant mice develop exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and progressive diabetes mellitus. They are growth retarded, hyperglycemic, exhibit increased cell death in the pancreas, have decreased numbers of pancreatic beta cells and about half diebefore weaning. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 64 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Actr3 A G 1: 125,335,132 (GRCm39) V95A probably damaging Het
Ankrd40 A T 11: 94,224,751 (GRCm39) K53N probably damaging Het
Ash1l C T 3: 88,960,450 (GRCm39) Q2338* probably null Het
Astn2 A G 4: 65,712,810 (GRCm39) F610S probably damaging Het
Baz2a TCTCCTC TCTC 10: 127,950,511 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Btbd8 C T 5: 107,654,895 (GRCm39) A386V probably damaging Het
Calm4 A T 13: 3,887,874 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Card10 T C 15: 78,686,614 (GRCm39) T68A probably benign Het
Cars2 A G 8: 11,580,301 (GRCm39) M245T probably damaging Het
Cat C A 2: 103,303,296 (GRCm39) L160F probably null Het
Cers5 G T 15: 99,638,883 (GRCm39) T144K probably benign Het
Cyp3a13 T A 5: 137,908,215 (GRCm39) L211F probably benign Het
Defb4 A T 8: 19,251,321 (GRCm39) R63* probably null Het
Dnah14 G T 1: 181,577,719 (GRCm39) W3012L probably damaging Het
Dusp18 A G 11: 3,847,555 (GRCm39) T182A probably benign Het
Dzip1l C A 9: 99,524,737 (GRCm39) T286K possibly damaging Het
Fbn1 A T 2: 125,163,145 (GRCm39) I2119N possibly damaging Het
Gabbr2 A G 4: 46,846,448 (GRCm39) S154P probably damaging Het
Gm15440 A T 13: 51,845,437 (GRCm39) H107Q unknown Het
Grm2 G A 9: 106,531,090 (GRCm39) P133L probably damaging Het
Gsdme A G 6: 50,228,285 (GRCm39) V61A probably damaging Het
Gtpbp1 A G 15: 79,591,198 (GRCm39) T23A probably benign Het
Helz A T 11: 107,485,963 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Herc1 A C 9: 66,352,814 (GRCm39) H2100P probably damaging Het
Hjurp GT GTT 1: 88,194,246 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ifngr1 T C 10: 19,482,048 (GRCm39) S213P probably benign Het
Itgb7 T C 15: 102,125,721 (GRCm39) D636G probably benign Het
Mre11a G A 9: 14,730,760 (GRCm39) D491N probably benign Het
Muc16 A G 9: 18,554,548 (GRCm39) L3915P unknown Het
Myh1 T A 11: 67,092,993 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Myh1 T G 11: 67,111,613 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Myh7b C T 2: 155,464,409 (GRCm39) T608M probably damaging Het
Myof T C 19: 37,955,508 (GRCm39) K23E probably benign Het
Nacad A G 11: 6,551,331 (GRCm39) V620A probably benign Het
Pbrm1 T C 14: 30,809,542 (GRCm39) Y1121H probably damaging Het
Pcdha9 T C 18: 37,131,551 (GRCm39) F207L probably benign Het
Pcdhb10 T C 18: 37,546,679 (GRCm39) V585A possibly damaging Het
Pigg A T 5: 108,489,788 (GRCm39) M798L probably benign Het
Poc5 G T 13: 96,533,179 (GRCm39) M102I probably damaging Het
Ppp2r3d T A 9: 101,088,835 (GRCm39) Q496L probably benign Het
Ptprf A G 4: 118,068,281 (GRCm39) Y1752H probably damaging Het
Ptpru G C 4: 131,499,941 (GRCm39) S1244R possibly damaging Het
Rnf213 A G 11: 119,307,385 (GRCm39) K682E probably benign Het
Rtp3 T C 9: 110,816,041 (GRCm39) D170G probably benign Het
Sall4 T C 2: 168,597,406 (GRCm39) D478G possibly damaging Het
Scai A T 2: 38,973,566 (GRCm39) Y58* probably null Het
Simc1 G A 13: 54,676,303 (GRCm39) V1007M probably benign Het
Tcf20 G T 15: 82,737,409 (GRCm39) D1347E probably benign Het
Tdo2 T C 3: 81,870,035 (GRCm39) Y279C probably damaging Het
Trdn C T 10: 33,340,571 (GRCm39) P602S probably benign Het
Txndc5 A T 13: 38,707,392 (GRCm39) M1K probably null Het
Ubr2 A C 17: 47,293,218 (GRCm39) M356R possibly damaging Het
Uqcrc2 A T 7: 120,253,232 (GRCm39) D332V probably damaging Het
Usp48 T C 4: 137,333,129 (GRCm39) F108L probably damaging Het
Vill A G 9: 118,886,867 (GRCm39) N4S probably benign Het
Vmn1r11 T C 6: 57,114,645 (GRCm39) V103A possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r98 A G 17: 19,286,336 (GRCm39) D278G probably benign Het
Vps35l T G 7: 118,345,658 (GRCm39) S59A possibly damaging Het
Wfdc15a A T 2: 164,041,586 (GRCm39) L79* probably null Het
Xxylt1 C T 16: 30,899,799 (GRCm39) V119M probably damaging Het
Zfp26 G T 9: 20,348,989 (GRCm39) A525D probably damaging Het
Zgrf1 G A 3: 127,389,642 (GRCm39) G396D probably damaging Het
Zkscan16 A G 4: 58,948,889 (GRCm39) D148G possibly damaging Het
Zscan26 G T 13: 21,632,499 (GRCm39) S77R probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Eif2ak3
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01386:Eif2ak3 APN 6 70,869,710 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02069:Eif2ak3 APN 6 70,873,949 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02197:Eif2ak3 APN 6 70,878,441 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.37
IGL03150:Eif2ak3 APN 6 70,869,420 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.68
R0024:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,340 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R0130:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,858,716 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0394:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,862,202 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R0699:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,514 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.16
R1648:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,860,615 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.52
R1708:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,864,790 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1953:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,538 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R2062:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,881,181 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R2875:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,860,623 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4260:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,866,497 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R4357:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,861,859 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R4786:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,602 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
R4801:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,864,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R4802:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,864,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R5194:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,835,462 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.83
R5260:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,870,113 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5710:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,860,717 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5724:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,853,824 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.19
R6656:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,860,699 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6940:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,386 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R6949:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,855,829 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6958:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,667 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7168:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,858,610 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7627:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,869,919 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8322:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,855,903 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8693:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,858,535 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R8729:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,821,864 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8924:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,870,003 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9127:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,860,704 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9156:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,860,614 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9171:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,835,419 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9608:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,841,511 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TCAGGTGGTCTCGAATATGCAC -3'
(R):5'- CACTGCCTAACTATCTAAAGTCGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AGGTGGTCTCGAATATGCACTTCTC -3'
(R):5'- TCGGAAAGACTCACCTGCTCTG -3'
Posted On 2017-08-16