Incidental Mutation 'R1734:Piwil2'
ID 199593
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Piwil2
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000033644
Gene Name piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2
Synonyms Miwi like, mili
MMRRC Submission 039766-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R1734 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 14
Chromosomal Location 70372477-70429383 bp(-) (GRCm38)
Type of Mutation critical splice donor site (2 bp from exon)
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 70426505 bp (GRCm38)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000154615 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000048129] [ENSMUST00000226229] [ENSMUST00000226426]
AlphaFold Q8CDG1
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000048129
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000047385
Gene: ENSMUSG00000033644

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 35 46 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 90 102 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 176 190 N/A INTRINSIC
DUF1785 335 386 7.44e-2 SMART
PAZ 386 524 1.92e-62 SMART
Piwi 666 957 2.45e-119 SMART
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000104389
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000158092
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000226229
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000226426
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.9495 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 97.5%
  • 3x: 97.0%
  • 10x: 95.5%
  • 20x: 92.9%
Validation Efficiency 98% (59/60)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] PIWIL2 belongs to the Argonaute family of proteins, which function in development and maintenance of germline stem cells (Sasaki et al., 2003 [PubMed 12906857]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit decreased testis weight, azoospermia, and male infertility associated with a complete arrest of spermatogenesis and increased apoptotic cell death during the early prophase of the first meiosis. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 53 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Aadacl4fm4 A T 4: 144,670,026 (GRCm38) C379S probably benign Het
Abca13 T C 11: 9,585,460 (GRCm38) C4695R probably benign Het
Actr10 T A 12: 70,961,996 (GRCm38) V401E probably benign Het
Adamts16 G A 13: 70,779,518 (GRCm38) probably benign Het
Aimp1 A T 3: 132,674,796 (GRCm38) I59K probably damaging Het
Alms1 T A 6: 85,641,550 (GRCm38) probably null Het
Anln A T 9: 22,350,955 (GRCm38) S947T possibly damaging Het
Atp2c1 T C 9: 105,414,655 (GRCm38) T733A probably damaging Het
BC049715 C T 6: 136,840,308 (GRCm38) P182L probably damaging Het
Cblb T C 16: 52,186,240 (GRCm38) probably benign Het
Cep295 C T 9: 15,340,883 (GRCm38) E397K probably damaging Het
Ces4a G A 8: 105,138,097 (GRCm38) G69S probably damaging Het
Chac1 A T 2: 119,353,458 (GRCm38) L180F probably damaging Het
Cherp A T 8: 72,470,088 (GRCm38) probably null Het
Ckap4 A G 10: 84,527,874 (GRCm38) S442P probably benign Het
Clstn3 G A 6: 124,436,814 (GRCm38) probably benign Het
Crb2 T A 2: 37,793,656 (GRCm38) C1057S probably damaging Het
Dact2 T C 17: 14,196,639 (GRCm38) D433G probably benign Het
Dnah6 G A 6: 73,044,761 (GRCm38) T3526M probably damaging Het
Ethe1 A G 7: 24,608,384 (GRCm38) T210A probably benign Het
Fat2 A G 11: 55,281,371 (GRCm38) S2839P probably benign Het
Fbxl7 T C 15: 26,543,649 (GRCm38) Y304C probably damaging Het
Gad1-ps A T 10: 99,445,775 (GRCm38) noncoding transcript Het
Grm3 C T 5: 9,589,742 (GRCm38) R101K probably benign Het
Hspa12b A G 2: 131,138,536 (GRCm38) Y125C possibly damaging Het
Il10ra T C 9: 45,255,943 (GRCm38) T437A probably benign Het
Itprid2 G A 2: 79,657,822 (GRCm38) V750M probably damaging Het
Jcad T C 18: 4,674,526 (GRCm38) F763L probably damaging Het
Map3k10 T C 7: 27,658,115 (GRCm38) D746G probably damaging Het
Mettl9 T A 7: 121,047,841 (GRCm38) Y57N probably damaging Het
Nav2 G A 7: 49,575,720 (GRCm38) E1803K probably damaging Het
Nol11 G A 11: 107,175,623 (GRCm38) S447L possibly damaging Het
Or14a256 C T 7: 86,616,217 (GRCm38) V143M probably benign Het
Osbpl1a T C 18: 12,788,316 (GRCm38) probably null Het
Pde6a A G 18: 61,285,965 (GRCm38) N804S probably damaging Het
Pepd A T 7: 35,031,426 (GRCm38) D301V probably benign Het
Plec C T 15: 76,186,218 (GRCm38) V931M probably damaging Het
Prrc2a A G 17: 35,150,707 (GRCm38) S1877P possibly damaging Het
Retreg2 G T 1: 75,142,986 (GRCm38) probably null Het
Slc7a11 G A 3: 50,372,346 (GRCm38) Q489* probably null Het
Sned1 G A 1: 93,259,768 (GRCm38) D256N probably damaging Het
Sphkap G A 1: 83,277,515 (GRCm38) R838* probably null Het
Spmip9 T A 6: 70,913,661 (GRCm38) Q49L probably benign Het
Syce2 G A 8: 84,887,147 (GRCm38) E168K probably benign Het
Tmem260 G T 14: 48,509,093 (GRCm38) V609L probably benign Het
Trim35 A G 14: 66,309,329 (GRCm38) D515G probably damaging Het
Tspan5 T C 3: 138,898,140 (GRCm38) Y131H probably damaging Het
Ttbk2 T C 2: 120,755,838 (GRCm38) I466V probably benign Het
Ttn T C 2: 76,745,813 (GRCm38) D24912G probably damaging Het
Utp20 A T 10: 88,767,461 (GRCm38) N1843K probably damaging Het
Vmn1r20 A G 6: 57,432,300 (GRCm38) R204G probably damaging Het
Vps18 A T 2: 119,293,942 (GRCm38) Q450L probably benign Het
Zbtb4 A G 11: 69,776,463 (GRCm38) E198G probably benign Het
Other mutations in Piwil2
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01474:Piwil2 APN 14 70,398,218 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.35
IGL02215:Piwil2 APN 14 70,391,373 (GRCm38) missense possibly damaging 0.50
IGL02427:Piwil2 APN 14 70,398,134 (GRCm38) splice site probably benign
IGL02554:Piwil2 APN 14 70,391,486 (GRCm38) splice site probably benign
R0257:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,422,631 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R0566:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,410,394 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0800:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,409,037 (GRCm38) unclassified probably benign
R0828:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,376,017 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0862:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,395,374 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R0864:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,395,374 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R0881:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,408,927 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.34
R1997:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,426,658 (GRCm38) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R2011:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,426,634 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2043:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,391,470 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R2347:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,408,917 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2998:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,411,238 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4402:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,408,916 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.01
R4455:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,390,565 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.02
R4611:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,402,197 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.07
R4763:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,376,778 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4869:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,395,362 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R5033:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,421,593 (GRCm38) missense possibly damaging 0.71
R5207:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,392,517 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5395:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,395,397 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.01
R5486:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,401,431 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.01
R5504:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,389,899 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.01
R5629:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,422,967 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5967:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,390,564 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R6167:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,422,893 (GRCm38) critical splice donor site probably null
R6168:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,395,351 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.04
R6517:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,374,336 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.44
R7261:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,374,411 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7727:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,394,057 (GRCm38) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7745:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,394,189 (GRCm38) missense probably benign
R7833:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,395,441 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.02
R8044:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,391,438 (GRCm38) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R8066:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,420,719 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R8516:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,420,739 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.19
R9015:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,390,535 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.00
R9494:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,422,972 (GRCm38) missense probably benign 0.05
R9695:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,389,900 (GRCm38) missense possibly damaging 0.66
X0023:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,398,199 (GRCm38) missense probably benign
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GGATGGCAAACTTGACAACTTCTGC -3'
(R):5'- AACCAACAGTCGTTTCTACAGCCTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CTATGCATTCAAGGATGGCAAAC -3'
(R):5'- GATCCTGTCAGGCCGTTG -3'
Posted On 2014-05-23