Incidental Mutation 'R0691:Piwil1'
ID 63959
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Piwil1
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000029423
Gene Name piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 1
Synonyms MIWI
MMRRC Submission 038876-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R0691 (G1)
Quality Score 115
Status Validated
Chromosome 5
Chromosomal Location 128813135-128832538 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 128820371 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Arginine to Methionine at position 256 (R256M)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000142807 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000086056] [ENSMUST00000195959] [ENSMUST00000200192]
AlphaFold Q9JMB7
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000086056
AA Change: R246M

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000083222
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029423
AA Change: R246M

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
GAGE 1 113 9.14e-25 SMART
Pfam:ArgoL1 228 276 4.6e-8 PFAM
PAZ 278 416 1.04e-76 SMART
Piwi 556 848 6.45e-137 SMART
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000195959
AA Change: R246M

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000142386
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029423
AA Change: R246M

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 3 15 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 47 58 N/A INTRINSIC
PAZ 278 416 1.04e-76 SMART
Piwi 556 831 4.99e-111 SMART
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000200192
AA Change: R256M

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000142807
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029423
AA Change: R256M

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 13 25 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 57 68 N/A INTRINSIC
Blast:PAZ 214 280 5e-23 BLAST
PAZ 288 426 8e-81 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.2966 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.3%
  • 3x: 98.8%
  • 10x: 97.5%
  • 20x: 95.4%
Validation Efficiency 97% (58/60)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a member of the PIWI subfamily of Argonaute proteins, evolutionarily conserved proteins containing both PAZ and Piwi motifs that play important roles in stem cell self-renewal, RNA silencing, and translational regulation in diverse organisms. The encoded protein may play a role as an intrinsic regulator of the self-renewal capacity of germline and hematopoietic stem cells. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit male sterility due to a block in spermatogenesis beginning at the round spermatid stage. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 49 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abcc9 T C 6: 142,584,979 (GRCm39) D865G possibly damaging Het
Acy1 A T 9: 106,313,070 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Adcy4 A T 14: 56,010,104 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Anpep T G 7: 79,489,047 (GRCm39) D347A probably damaging Het
Arhgap28 C T 17: 68,203,159 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ccdc32 A G 2: 118,857,610 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cdc42bpa A G 1: 179,972,400 (GRCm39) T1401A possibly damaging Het
Celsr2 A G 3: 108,319,939 (GRCm39) Y958H probably damaging Het
Cenpe A G 3: 134,923,066 (GRCm39) E137G probably damaging Het
Chd8 T C 14: 52,450,890 (GRCm39) D1399G probably damaging Het
Cntn3 T C 6: 102,145,908 (GRCm39) T978A possibly damaging Het
Col10a1 A G 10: 34,271,692 (GRCm39) T555A possibly damaging Het
Crybg3 A C 16: 59,385,574 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cts7 A G 13: 61,503,548 (GRCm39) F139L probably damaging Het
Dera T C 6: 137,773,745 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Dgka A G 10: 128,559,129 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Dhrs7 T A 12: 72,699,125 (GRCm39) I286F probably damaging Het
Dtwd2 A G 18: 49,861,424 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Fermt1 A G 2: 132,748,653 (GRCm39) S657P probably damaging Het
Fhip2b T C 14: 70,825,727 (GRCm39) D351G probably damaging Het
Flnb T C 14: 7,890,810 (GRCm38) V564A probably benign Het
Garnl3 A G 2: 32,975,919 (GRCm39) F16L probably damaging Het
Gck T C 11: 5,856,691 (GRCm39) R191G probably damaging Het
Gucy1b1 A T 3: 81,952,941 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ifna2 A C 4: 88,601,895 (GRCm39) L41R probably damaging Het
Krt33a T G 11: 99,903,541 (GRCm39) E197A probably damaging Het
Lce1e G A 3: 92,615,063 (GRCm39) R95C unknown Het
Lct G T 1: 128,235,971 (GRCm39) S345R probably benign Het
Lrp2 A T 2: 69,281,724 (GRCm39) N3882K probably benign Het
Mcc G T 18: 44,578,927 (GRCm39) T652K possibly damaging Het
Mier1 A G 4: 102,996,699 (GRCm39) S109G probably benign Het
Nfat5 A G 8: 108,082,237 (GRCm39) N469S probably damaging Het
Or1e23 C A 11: 73,407,670 (GRCm39) M118I possibly damaging Het
Or6c214 G A 10: 129,591,271 (GRCm39) T16I probably damaging Het
Rgma T C 7: 73,059,160 (GRCm39) V88A probably damaging Het
Sdk2 T C 11: 113,685,746 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Sec22b A G 3: 97,819,990 (GRCm39) E94G probably damaging Het
Snrnp70 T C 7: 45,036,669 (GRCm39) R131G possibly damaging Het
Spata31d1a A G 13: 59,848,199 (GRCm39) S1310P possibly damaging Het
Spint1 A G 2: 119,076,948 (GRCm39) E344G probably damaging Het
Srrm1 G A 4: 135,052,302 (GRCm39) Q141* probably null Het
Tecta A T 9: 42,295,637 (GRCm39) L286Q probably damaging Het
Tep1 T A 14: 51,104,301 (GRCm39) K198* probably null Het
Tk2 A G 8: 104,957,824 (GRCm39) V174A probably benign Het
Txndc5 T C 13: 38,691,872 (GRCm39) K165E probably damaging Het
Ubr4 G A 4: 139,151,217 (GRCm39) R1884Q probably damaging Het
Vmn2r61 T C 7: 41,949,844 (GRCm39) Y755H probably damaging Het
Xrn1 T A 9: 95,855,592 (GRCm39) H296Q probably damaging Het
Zar1l A T 5: 150,436,407 (GRCm39) V223D probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Piwil1
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01672:Piwil1 APN 5 128,827,037 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
IGL01783:Piwil1 APN 5 128,820,890 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.29
IGL01992:Piwil1 APN 5 128,824,396 (GRCm39) missense probably null 1.00
IGL02079:Piwil1 APN 5 128,819,067 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
IGL02212:Piwil1 APN 5 128,827,334 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
IGL03133:Piwil1 APN 5 128,819,093 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL03352:Piwil1 APN 5 128,828,136 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.29
R0032:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,820,344 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0032:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,820,344 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0139:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,387 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0667:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,818,542 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R1146:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,957 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R1146:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,957 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R1854:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,903 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2126:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,831,160 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R4878:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,818,045 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R5068:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,818,678 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R5413:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,820,944 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R5553:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,822,565 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R5936:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,828,142 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.24
R6158:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,940 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7663:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,497 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7772:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,816,527 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R8133:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,826,914 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9452:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,824,957 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9629:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,831,051 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
Z1177:Piwil1 UTSW 5 128,819,150 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.83
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TGCCTGACCTCGCTAGAAGTGATAG -3'
(R):5'- AGATTGCAGACAACGCACTGCC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CCTTGGTGCTAACTGTTCTGAC -3'
(R):5'- GATGGGCCATCTAACATCCTGAG -3'
Posted On 2013-07-30