Incidental Mutation 'R1698:A2m'
ID 192405
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol A2m
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000030111
Gene Name alpha-2-macroglobulin
Synonyms A2mp
MMRRC Submission 039731-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R1698 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 6
Chromosomal Location 121612920-121656197 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to C at 121622117 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamic Acid to Alanine at position 340 (E340A)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000032203 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000032203]
AlphaFold Q6GQT1
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000032203
AA Change: E340A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.878 (Sensitivity: 0.82; Specificity: 0.94)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000032203
Gene: ENSMUSG00000030111
AA Change: E340A

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 30 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:A2M_N 134 227 2.1e-20 PFAM
low complexity region 334 347 N/A INTRINSIC
A2M_N_2 465 613 2.04e-31 SMART
low complexity region 722 731 N/A INTRINSIC
A2M 738 828 2.31e-39 SMART
Pfam:Thiol-ester_cl 961 990 4.4e-18 PFAM
Pfam:A2M_comp 1010 1266 1.4e-98 PFAM
A2M_recep 1376 1463 2.69e-40 SMART
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.4%
  • 10x: 96.6%
  • 20x: 93.6%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The protein encoded by this gene is a protease inhibitor and cytokine transporter. It uses a bait-and-trap mechanism to inhibit a broad spectrum of proteases, including trypsin, thrombin and collagenase. It can also inhibit inflammatory cytokines, and it thus disrupts inflammatory cascades. Mutations in this gene are a cause of alpha-2-macroglobulin deficiency. This gene is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its ability to mediate the clearance and degradation of A-beta, the major component of beta-amyloid deposits. A related pseudogene, which is also located on the p arm of chromosome 12, has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2016]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 82 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca13 A G 11: 9,264,507 (GRCm39) D2963G probably benign Het
Actn3 T C 19: 4,912,235 (GRCm39) D783G possibly damaging Het
Adamtsl2 A G 2: 26,993,139 (GRCm39) E723G possibly damaging Het
Agrn G T 4: 156,251,015 (GRCm39) Q1931K probably benign Het
Ankrd27 G A 7: 35,313,946 (GRCm39) A426T probably benign Het
Atg9b C A 5: 24,593,186 (GRCm39) G406C probably damaging Het
C1ra A T 6: 124,499,725 (GRCm39) Q637L probably benign Het
Cdhr2 A T 13: 54,867,394 (GRCm39) M438L probably benign Het
Cep350 T C 1: 155,829,104 (GRCm39) I267V possibly damaging Het
Chrna5 A G 9: 54,911,926 (GRCm39) Y138C probably damaging Het
Chst3 T A 10: 60,021,525 (GRCm39) M441L probably benign Het
Cmya5 G A 13: 93,200,027 (GRCm39) P3434S probably benign Het
Cog2 T A 8: 125,252,422 (GRCm39) L42Q probably damaging Het
Cpq A T 15: 33,250,272 (GRCm39) I210F probably benign Het
Crnn C A 3: 93,055,765 (GRCm39) Q184K probably damaging Het
Csnka2ip A T 16: 64,298,422 (GRCm39) Y647* probably null Het
D5Ertd579e C T 5: 36,761,874 (GRCm39) R1331H probably benign Het
Dennd5a C T 7: 109,516,587 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dync1h1 A G 12: 110,593,426 (GRCm39) Q1231R possibly damaging Het
Erbin T A 13: 103,970,239 (GRCm39) I1126F possibly damaging Het
Fastkd1 T C 2: 69,532,813 (GRCm39) D518G probably benign Het
Gcc1 A G 6: 28,421,110 (GRCm39) L69P possibly damaging Het
Gkn1 T C 6: 87,324,151 (GRCm39) Y119C probably damaging Het
Gmpr T G 13: 45,670,520 (GRCm39) W81G probably benign Het
Gyg1 T A 3: 20,192,215 (GRCm39) I236F probably benign Het
Hcrtr2 T C 9: 76,153,735 (GRCm39) Y219C probably damaging Het
Hmcn1 G A 1: 150,441,120 (GRCm39) Q5379* probably null Het
Kank1 T C 19: 25,388,681 (GRCm39) C785R probably benign Het
Lrp1b A T 2: 40,741,818 (GRCm39) C3036* probably null Het
Mdga2 T C 12: 66,736,109 (GRCm39) D373G probably damaging Het
Mgat2 A T 12: 69,232,493 (GRCm39) I356F probably benign Het
Miga2 A G 2: 30,268,009 (GRCm39) D346G probably damaging Het
Mprip T A 11: 59,651,084 (GRCm39) L1596Q possibly damaging Het
Mroh2b G A 15: 4,943,622 (GRCm39) R386Q probably benign Het
Mst1r T A 9: 107,797,179 (GRCm39) S1349R probably benign Het
Mtmr3 C T 11: 4,442,825 (GRCm39) R403H possibly damaging Het
Mycbpap G A 11: 94,398,969 (GRCm39) Q460* probably null Het
Myo9a T C 9: 59,775,464 (GRCm39) V1025A probably benign Het
Ncapd2 C T 6: 125,145,553 (GRCm39) E1365K probably null Het
Nkiras2 C A 11: 100,515,989 (GRCm39) D105E probably damaging Het
Nolc1 T G 19: 46,069,870 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nos1 T C 5: 118,005,297 (GRCm39) F6L probably benign Het
Or10j3 A T 1: 173,030,938 (GRCm39) N5I probably damaging Het
Or12e1 G T 2: 87,022,081 (GRCm39) V17L probably benign Het
Or2t46 T C 11: 58,472,077 (GRCm39) Y136H probably damaging Het
Or2w1b C T 13: 21,300,735 (GRCm39) T291I probably benign Het
Or4f54 T A 2: 111,122,905 (GRCm39) C97* probably null Het
Or8b46 T A 9: 38,450,552 (GRCm39) Y120* probably null Het
Pfkm A G 15: 98,026,199 (GRCm39) E598G possibly damaging Het
Phf2 A T 13: 48,961,106 (GRCm39) D861E unknown Het
Polr2a A G 11: 69,630,703 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Popdc2 G A 16: 38,189,853 (GRCm39) V167M probably damaging Het
Ptpn22 T C 3: 103,793,114 (GRCm39) S422P probably benign Het
Rasa2 T C 9: 96,450,428 (GRCm39) K490R possibly damaging Het
Rbfox3 T A 11: 118,386,047 (GRCm39) D286V probably damaging Het
Rdh13 A G 7: 4,430,790 (GRCm39) W223R probably damaging Het
Riok3 T C 18: 12,261,986 (GRCm39) S7P probably benign Het
Rnaseh2b A G 14: 62,591,081 (GRCm39) E144G probably benign Het
Rnf20 C T 4: 49,651,498 (GRCm39) Q655* probably null Het
Rpap2 T C 5: 107,751,416 (GRCm39) Y8H probably damaging Het
Slc5a10 T C 11: 61,600,428 (GRCm39) Y181C probably benign Het
Snd1 G T 6: 28,888,252 (GRCm39) G896* probably null Het
Spast C T 17: 74,663,155 (GRCm39) Q158* probably null Het
Tas2r104 G A 6: 131,662,547 (GRCm39) S54F probably damaging Het
Tcaf2 C T 6: 42,604,951 (GRCm39) W611* probably null Het
Thoc2l C T 5: 104,668,376 (GRCm39) A966V probably benign Het
Timp4 G A 6: 115,227,364 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tmem45a G A 16: 56,643,933 (GRCm39) S72L probably benign Het
Tnrc18 T C 5: 142,774,458 (GRCm39) T124A possibly damaging Het
Tns2 C T 15: 102,017,369 (GRCm39) R281C probably damaging Het
Ttn T C 2: 76,773,259 (GRCm39) D2381G probably damaging Het
Uevld T C 7: 46,605,372 (GRCm39) T41A possibly damaging Het
Ugcg C T 4: 59,207,798 (GRCm39) P46S probably benign Het
Unc5d T C 8: 29,186,506 (GRCm39) E527G probably damaging Het
Vmn2r125 C T 4: 156,703,333 (GRCm39) T237I probably benign Het
Vmn2r63 A C 7: 42,583,038 (GRCm39) I59S probably benign Het
Vps72 G A 3: 95,026,006 (GRCm39) S106N probably benign Het
Zan A C 5: 137,407,931 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Zbtb38 T C 9: 96,567,515 (GRCm39) K1190E probably benign Het
Zc3h6 T C 2: 128,859,278 (GRCm39) V1103A probably benign Het
Zfp407 G A 18: 84,580,282 (GRCm39) T277I probably damaging Het
Zfp804b A G 5: 6,819,509 (GRCm39) S1149P probably damaging Het
Other mutations in A2m
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00494:A2m APN 6 121,621,108 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
IGL00798:A2m APN 6 121,647,969 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01154:A2m APN 6 121,650,501 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL01313:A2m APN 6 121,621,969 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL01337:A2m APN 6 121,645,529 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
IGL01505:A2m APN 6 121,653,906 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.83
IGL01508:A2m APN 6 121,636,326 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL01672:A2m APN 6 121,618,316 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01951:A2m APN 6 121,644,149 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.78
IGL02012:A2m APN 6 121,651,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02066:A2m APN 6 121,626,854 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02234:A2m APN 6 121,645,179 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
IGL02397:A2m APN 6 121,623,834 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02407:A2m APN 6 121,645,575 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02408:A2m APN 6 121,621,130 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02469:A2m APN 6 121,645,074 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02527:A2m APN 6 121,638,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02612:A2m APN 6 121,654,971 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02746:A2m APN 6 121,646,462 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02952:A2m APN 6 121,654,984 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL03056:A2m APN 6 121,647,862 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
IGL03121:A2m APN 6 121,618,265 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
IGL03303:A2m APN 6 121,644,122 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03369:A2m APN 6 121,653,862 (GRCm39) critical splice acceptor site probably null
IGL03046:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,282 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R0040:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,165 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R0049:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,267 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R0049:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,267 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R0109:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,262 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0147:A2m UTSW 6 121,639,405 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0148:A2m UTSW 6 121,639,405 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0345:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,231 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0445:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,914 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0766:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,849 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1186:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,493 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1436:A2m UTSW 6 121,621,172 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R1452:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,015 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1636:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1637:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1638:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1776:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,383 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1791:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1918:A2m UTSW 6 121,621,895 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.16
R1921:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1927:A2m UTSW 6 121,613,338 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1934:A2m UTSW 6 121,626,792 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R1943:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,506 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R1996:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,556 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2039:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,908 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.32
R2085:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,918 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2092:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,896 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2105:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,459 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2107:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2235:A2m UTSW 6 121,619,023 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R2292:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,518 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R2350:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,047 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R3001:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,406 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3002:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,406 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3023:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,531 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R3429:A2m UTSW 6 121,613,249 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null
R3437:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,253 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.03
R3909:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,125 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4300:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,434 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4332:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,406 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R4584:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,365 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R4697:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,243 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null 0.94
R4710:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,262 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R4841:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,803 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R5206:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,766 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5219:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,909 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R5230:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5330:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,375 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R5331:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,375 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R5377:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5590:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,891 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5835:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,295 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5910:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,076 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5915:A2m UTSW 6 121,644,122 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5949:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,032 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5994:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,862 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R5996:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6035:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6035:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6090:A2m UTSW 6 121,624,972 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
R6241:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,788 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R6294:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,440 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6492:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,464 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.35
R6554:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,246 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6597:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,080 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6742:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,995 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R6795:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,281 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6843:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,360 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7013:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,345 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.00
R7137:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,944 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.85
R7167:A2m UTSW 6 121,624,930 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7294:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,541 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7452:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,291 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7507:A2m UTSW 6 121,652,177 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7602:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,895 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R7602:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,966 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7709:A2m UTSW 6 121,637,063 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R7766:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,300 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7921:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,954 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8007:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,845 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R8291:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,017 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8542:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,369 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R8856:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,349 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9023:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,917 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R9154:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,512 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9156:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,957 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9255:A2m UTSW 6 121,626,795 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9269:A2m UTSW 6 121,637,865 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R9325:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,578 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R9393:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,270 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.91
R9563:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,009 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
X0057:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,135 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
X0060:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,039 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
X0063:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,835 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TGAGATGCAGCTTGATGTGAATGCC -3'
(R):5'- ACCACAATGGAAAGTTGTCACAGGTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GCTTGATGTGAATGCCAAGATCC -3'
(R):5'- GTCATTAGGTCATTGCAAAGGC -3'
Posted On 2014-05-14