Incidental Mutation 'R6958:Eif2ak3'
ID 541578
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Eif2ak3
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031668
Gene Name eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3
Synonyms PERK
MMRRC Submission 045009-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.680) question?
Stock # R6958 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 6
Chromosomal Location 70821499-70882229 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 70869667 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Cysteine to Serine at position 785 (C785S)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000034093 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000034093]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000034093
AA Change: C785S

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.007 (Sensitivity: 0.96; Specificity: 0.75)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000034093
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031668
AA Change: C785S

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
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.2%
  • 20x: 96.9%
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: 62 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
2410004B18Rik A G 3: 145,649,558 (GRCm39) D159G probably benign Het
Ahnak A G 19: 8,992,579 (GRCm39) N4621S possibly damaging Het
Ankrd16 C T 2: 11,784,604 (GRCm39) A144V probably damaging Het
Bhmt1b G A 18: 87,775,046 (GRCm39) E190K probably benign Het
Ccdc14 T C 16: 34,511,176 (GRCm39) V2A probably damaging Het
Ccdc187 C T 2: 26,179,731 (GRCm39) V243I probably benign Het
Cdk12 A T 11: 98,132,525 (GRCm39) I985F unknown Het
Cfap65 T C 1: 74,971,058 (GRCm39) T87A possibly damaging Het
Cilp2 G A 8: 70,335,190 (GRCm39) P603S probably benign Het
Cntnap5b A G 1: 100,202,197 (GRCm39) E348G probably benign Het
Cpa6 C T 1: 10,665,913 (GRCm39) V42M probably damaging Het
Cpsf4 A G 5: 145,112,402 (GRCm39) I115V probably benign Het
Dnah11 G T 12: 117,897,544 (GRCm39) P3562Q probably damaging Het
Dnah9 A G 11: 65,967,167 (GRCm39) F1664L probably damaging Het
Dpysl3 T C 18: 43,571,067 (GRCm39) Q69R probably benign Het
Ebf3 T C 7: 136,800,994 (GRCm39) T455A possibly damaging Het
Elk4 T A 1: 131,945,570 (GRCm39) F149L probably damaging Het
Fgf14 A G 14: 124,914,009 (GRCm39) W41R probably benign Het
Fmnl1 T A 11: 103,062,140 (GRCm39) M1K probably null Het
Foxk2 A T 11: 121,190,563 (GRCm39) Q568L probably benign Het
Fryl T G 5: 73,231,272 (GRCm39) I1602L possibly damaging Het
Gfm2 A G 13: 97,282,744 (GRCm39) I75V probably damaging Het
Gm3233 T A 10: 77,595,369 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gnb1 G T 4: 155,627,651 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Gphn G T 12: 78,727,073 (GRCm39) V662L possibly damaging Het
Il3 A C 11: 54,157,937 (GRCm39) V47G probably benign Het
Iqgap3 A G 3: 88,020,673 (GRCm39) D401G possibly damaging Het
Kdm3b T A 18: 34,941,336 (GRCm39) S276T probably benign Het
Krtap6-2 A G 16: 89,216,698 (GRCm39) S90P unknown Het
Lars1 C T 18: 42,369,704 (GRCm39) V394I probably damaging Het
Lrit1 G C 14: 36,782,052 (GRCm39) V242L probably damaging Het
Lrp10 A G 14: 54,707,278 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ltn1 A T 16: 87,194,679 (GRCm39) C1407S probably benign Het
Lzts2 G T 19: 45,012,582 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Msantd2 A G 9: 37,434,753 (GRCm39) E331G probably damaging Het
Myo15a G A 11: 60,394,451 (GRCm39) G1218S probably benign Het
Myom2 G A 8: 15,167,741 (GRCm39) A1109T probably null Het
Nhp2 A G 11: 51,513,934 (GRCm39) T118A probably benign Het
Nup155 A G 15: 8,176,638 (GRCm39) Y972C probably damaging Het
Nxpe2 A T 9: 48,237,566 (GRCm39) C230S probably damaging Het
Or12d13 T C 17: 37,647,308 (GRCm39) I272V probably benign Het
Or51g2 A G 7: 102,623,091 (GRCm39) L36P possibly damaging Het
Or5w8 T C 2: 87,688,295 (GRCm39) Y259H probably damaging Het
Pfkfb4 A T 9: 108,839,615 (GRCm39) N244I probably damaging Het
Pi4ka C T 16: 17,143,091 (GRCm39) R24Q probably damaging Het
Pkd2l2 C A 18: 34,542,543 (GRCm39) Y8* probably null Het
Pramel20 A T 4: 143,297,829 (GRCm39) D83V probably damaging Het
Ptprb T A 10: 116,113,153 (GRCm39) N44K probably benign Het
Sds G A 5: 120,619,537 (GRCm39) V149M probably damaging Het
Slc22a30 A G 19: 8,364,065 (GRCm39) F204L probably damaging Het
Slc26a7 C T 4: 14,506,442 (GRCm39) A636T probably benign Het
Slc27a1 C T 8: 72,038,083 (GRCm39) A577V possibly damaging Het
Spata13 A T 14: 60,989,300 (GRCm39) T319S possibly damaging Het
Styxl2 T A 1: 165,935,565 (GRCm39) D211V probably damaging Het
Tdrd3 A G 14: 87,694,532 (GRCm39) D29G probably damaging Het
Tex15 A T 8: 34,060,899 (GRCm39) I110L probably benign Het
Treml2 A G 17: 48,615,180 (GRCm39) T222A probably damaging Het
Trpd52l3 A T 19: 29,981,546 (GRCm39) L100F probably damaging Het
Ttf2 C T 3: 100,853,248 (GRCm39) E975K probably benign Het
Vmn1r193 T A 13: 22,404,144 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Xpo1 A G 11: 23,235,855 (GRCm39) T648A probably benign Het
Zfp641 C T 15: 98,190,832 (GRCm39) V71I possibly 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
R6089:Eif2ak3 UTSW 6 70,873,918 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.87
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
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'- AAAGAAGTCGGTCTTTCTCGGTG -3'
(R):5'- TCTGAAGAAGACCTGCTGCTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATTTCCTGTGGCCAGACAAG -3'
(R):5'- CTGGAGCACTTGAGATCAGTTAGC -3'
Posted On 2018-11-28