Incidental Mutation 'I2289:Gldc'
ID 591
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Gldc
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000024827
Gene Name glycine decarboxylase
Synonyms b2b2679Clo, D030049L12Rik, D19Wsu57e
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # I2289 (G3) of strain 633
Quality Score
Status Validated
Chromosome 19
Chromosomal Location 30075847-30152829 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation nonsense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to A at 30124576 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Arginine to Stop codon at position 241 (R241*)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000025778 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000025778]
AlphaFold Q91W43
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000025778
AA Change: R241*
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000025778
Gene: ENSMUSG00000024827
AA Change: R241*

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 5 28 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 33 56 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:GDC-P 70 493 1.1e-202 PFAM
low complexity region 504 515 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:GDC-P 519 798 6.5e-8 PFAM
Pfam:Beta_elim_lyase 589 745 2e-10 PFAM
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.9755 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 87.8%
  • 3x: 75.8%
Het Detection Efficiency 55.8%
Validation Efficiency 88% (46/52)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] Degradation of glycine is brought about by the glycine cleavage system, which is composed of four mitochondrial protein components: P protein (a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent glycine decarboxylase), H protein (a lipoic acid-containing protein), T protein (a tetrahydrofolate-requiring enzyme), and L protein (a lipoamide dehydrogenase). The protein encoded by this gene is the P protein, which binds to glycine and enables the methylamine group from glycine to be transferred to the T protein. Defects in this gene are a cause of nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH).[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]
PHENOTYPE: Hypomorphic mutants show a developmental delay, hyperglycinemia, altered folate profiles, neural tube defects and postnatal lethality, while survivors show hydrocephaly and premature death. Homozygotes for an ENU allele show omphalocele and severe cardiovascular, craniofacial, renal and eye defects. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI

All alleles(6) : Targeted, other(2) Gene trapped(4)

Other mutations in this stock
Total: 21 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Adamts12 T A 15: 11,071,894 (GRCm39) L146Q probably benign Homo
Adgrv1 A G 13: 81,585,643 (GRCm39) L4607P probably damaging Het
Amelx A G X: 167,961,009 (GRCm39) probably null Homo
Ankfy1 A G 11: 72,621,311 (GRCm39) K199R probably benign Het
Arfgef1 T C 1: 10,243,478 (GRCm39) K1024E probably damaging Het
Bank1 T A 3: 135,760,179 (GRCm39) D782V probably damaging Homo
Csmd1 A T 8: 15,962,381 (GRCm39) I3271K probably benign Homo
Fat1 A G 8: 45,478,033 (GRCm39) I2360V probably benign Homo
Golgb1 A G 16: 36,718,904 (GRCm39) H270R probably benign Het
Heg1 T C 16: 33,583,829 (GRCm39) I1212T probably damaging Het
Hes1 T A 16: 29,884,699 (GRCm39) S53R probably damaging Het
Ibsp G A 5: 104,450,353 (GRCm39) R57Q possibly damaging Homo
Lrp1b A T 2: 41,012,944 (GRCm39) I2001K probably damaging Het
Nf1 G A 11: 79,438,602 (GRCm39) R2181H probably damaging Het
Nrcam C A 12: 44,611,098 (GRCm39) H567Q probably benign Homo
Or51a10 T C 7: 103,698,961 (GRCm39) Y200C probably damaging Homo
Or5bw2 A T 7: 6,573,818 (GRCm39) Y276F probably damaging Het
Rraga T C 4: 86,494,522 (GRCm39) F123L probably damaging Het
Spam1 A G 6: 24,796,477 (GRCm39) I143V probably benign Het
Synj2 A G 17: 6,072,542 (GRCm39) probably benign Homo
T A T 17: 8,657,474 (GRCm39) T112S probably benign Homo
Other mutations in Gldc
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00160:Gldc APN 19 30,092,640 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01016:Gldc APN 19 30,110,893 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
IGL01112:Gldc APN 19 30,135,913 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL01510:Gldc APN 19 30,091,121 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL01516:Gldc APN 19 30,076,432 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01598:Gldc APN 19 30,111,156 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01646:Gldc APN 19 30,078,165 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.61
IGL02024:Gldc APN 19 30,078,227 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02125:Gldc APN 19 30,124,641 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
IGL02548:Gldc APN 19 30,077,299 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02711:Gldc APN 19 30,122,546 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL02818:Gldc APN 19 30,113,909 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02982:Gldc APN 19 30,122,545 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL03165:Gldc APN 19 30,076,393 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.61
jojoba UTSW 19 30,110,912 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
miserable UTSW 19 30,128,936 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Urchin UTSW 19 30,096,002 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R0180:Gldc UTSW 19 30,078,217 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
R0269:Gldc UTSW 19 30,096,002 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R0277:Gldc UTSW 19 30,093,851 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.84
R1085:Gldc UTSW 19 30,128,828 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1159:Gldc UTSW 19 30,138,162 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R1500:Gldc UTSW 19 30,091,225 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R1507:Gldc UTSW 19 30,096,038 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1592:Gldc UTSW 19 30,138,077 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R1593:Gldc UTSW 19 30,091,150 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1675:Gldc UTSW 19 30,120,853 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1869:Gldc UTSW 19 30,116,732 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R1965:Gldc UTSW 19 30,114,513 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2312:Gldc UTSW 19 30,078,226 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2425:Gldc UTSW 19 30,109,190 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3836:Gldc UTSW 19 30,096,075 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R3837:Gldc UTSW 19 30,096,075 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R3839:Gldc UTSW 19 30,096,075 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R4191:Gldc UTSW 19 30,123,058 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R4380:Gldc UTSW 19 30,138,168 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R4508:Gldc UTSW 19 30,120,807 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4570:Gldc UTSW 19 30,151,839 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R4655:Gldc UTSW 19 30,138,102 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R4842:Gldc UTSW 19 30,111,132 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R5070:Gldc UTSW 19 30,095,998 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.84
R5085:Gldc UTSW 19 30,128,936 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5268:Gldc UTSW 19 30,123,125 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R5368:Gldc UTSW 19 30,135,921 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5718:Gldc UTSW 19 30,088,172 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R5878:Gldc UTSW 19 30,120,867 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6192:Gldc UTSW 19 30,111,172 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R6453:Gldc UTSW 19 30,093,917 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6777:Gldc UTSW 19 30,110,912 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6865:Gldc UTSW 19 30,111,162 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.92
R7332:Gldc UTSW 19 30,093,926 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7390:Gldc UTSW 19 30,077,314 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.46
R7647:Gldc UTSW 19 30,096,067 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R8081:Gldc UTSW 19 30,135,987 (GRCm39) frame shift probably null
R8171:Gldc UTSW 19 30,111,161 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.24
R8321:Gldc UTSW 19 30,120,807 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8374:Gldc UTSW 19 30,114,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8503:Gldc UTSW 19 30,077,254 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.26
R8510:Gldc UTSW 19 30,093,905 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8785:Gldc UTSW 19 30,092,634 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8818:Gldc UTSW 19 30,078,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8820:Gldc UTSW 19 30,078,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8829:Gldc UTSW 19 30,078,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8830:Gldc UTSW 19 30,078,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8859:Gldc UTSW 19 30,116,779 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8887:Gldc UTSW 19 30,111,156 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R8935:Gldc UTSW 19 30,109,093 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8940:Gldc UTSW 19 30,128,884 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9070:Gldc UTSW 19 30,080,404 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9100:Gldc UTSW 19 30,077,314 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R9144:Gldc UTSW 19 30,114,593 (GRCm39) missense
R9163:Gldc UTSW 19 30,111,686 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.13
R9429:Gldc UTSW 19 30,091,172 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
Z1177:Gldc UTSW 19 30,123,148 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.61
Z1177:Gldc UTSW 19 30,088,179 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
Z1177:Gldc UTSW 19 30,088,178 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Nature of Mutation

Two transcripts of the Gldc gene are displayed on Ensembl.

Protein Function and Prediction

The Gldc gene encodes the 1025 amino acid mitochondrial P protein (a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent glycine decarboxylase) that is part of the glycine cleavage system. The P protein binds the alpha-amino group of glycine through its pyridoxal phosphate cofactor; CO2 is released and the remaining methylamine moiety is then transferred to the lipoamide cofactor of the H protein (Uniprot Q91W43). Mutations in human GLDC causes glycine encephalopathy (OMIM 605899).

Posted On 2011-03-08