Incidental Mutation 'R1812:Morc2a'
ID 202491
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Morc2a
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000034543
Gene Name microrchidia 2A
Synonyms 8430403M08Rik, Zcwcc1
MMRRC Submission 039840-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R1812 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal Location 3599191-3640477 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 3635831 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Isoleucine at position 897 (T897I)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000094176 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000093389] [ENSMUST00000096441]
AlphaFold Q69ZX6
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000093389
AA Change: T897I

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.975 (Sensitivity: 0.76; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091087
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: T897I

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
HATPase_c 24 134 5.35e0 SMART
coiled coil region 285 322 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 403 416 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:zf-CW 495 542 5.1e-18 PFAM
coiled coil region 555 583 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 600 618 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 678 704 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 714 729 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 742 776 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 966 1011 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000096441
AA Change: T897I

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.975 (Sensitivity: 0.76; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000094176
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: T897I

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
HATPase_c 24 134 5.35e0 SMART
coiled coil region 285 322 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 403 416 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:zf-CW 494 543 1.7e-19 PFAM
coiled coil region 555 583 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 600 618 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 678 704 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 714 729 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 742 776 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 966 1011 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000126035
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000128666
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000131517
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 97.3%
  • 3x: 96.3%
  • 10x: 93.2%
  • 20x: 85.7%
Validation Efficiency 100% (1/1)
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 Microrchidia (MORC) protein superfamily. The encoded protein is known to regulate the condensation of heterochromatin in response to DNA damage and play a role in repressing transcription. The protein has been found to regulate the activity of ATP citrate lyase via specific interaction with this enzyme in the cytosol of lipogenic breast cancer cells. The protein also plays a role in lipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 72 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1700017B05Rik G A 9: 57,164,740 (GRCm39) Q545* probably null Het
Aadacl2 T C 3: 59,932,498 (GRCm39) C338R probably damaging Het
Abcb4 G A 5: 8,978,578 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Adam17 T C 12: 21,411,768 (GRCm39) D41G probably damaging Het
Angptl7 T A 4: 148,582,540 (GRCm39) I119F probably damaging Het
Arid1b T A 17: 5,387,304 (GRCm39) S1586T probably benign Het
Arid4b C T 13: 14,370,014 (GRCm39) A1170V probably damaging Het
Atad5 A G 11: 80,023,873 (GRCm39) T1659A probably damaging Het
Bub1b T G 2: 118,462,902 (GRCm39) D754E probably benign Het
Cdkn1a T C 17: 29,317,539 (GRCm39) V53A probably benign Het
Chsy1 T G 7: 65,821,565 (GRCm39) V600G probably benign Het
Cntrl G A 2: 35,039,481 (GRCm39) V561M probably damaging Het
Col6a5 A G 9: 105,805,253 (GRCm39) C1218R unknown Het
Crhr1 T C 11: 104,059,973 (GRCm39) L140P probably damaging Het
Cyb5b CAGAG CAG 8: 107,897,020 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cyp3a59 A T 5: 146,039,621 (GRCm39) Q298L probably damaging Het
Dctn1 A G 6: 83,169,500 (GRCm39) E638G possibly damaging Het
Ddx41 A G 13: 55,683,767 (GRCm39) I88T probably benign Het
Dennd11 A G 6: 40,386,365 (GRCm39) I288T probably benign Het
Diaph1 G T 18: 38,024,071 (GRCm39) P589Q unknown Het
Dip2b C A 15: 100,096,819 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dscaml1 G A 9: 45,662,584 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dync1h1 C T 12: 110,629,334 (GRCm39) A4246V possibly damaging Het
Epb41l1 T C 2: 156,338,431 (GRCm39) I158T probably damaging Het
Fat1 A G 8: 45,489,840 (GRCm39) Y3584C probably damaging Het
Fxyd5 T A 7: 30,737,355 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Gapvd1 T A 2: 34,615,076 (GRCm39) K336* probably null Het
Gm9637 G A 14: 19,402,395 (GRCm38) noncoding transcript Het
Gpr65 C T 12: 98,242,001 (GRCm39) T218M probably damaging Het
Gsdma3 T C 11: 98,523,219 (GRCm39) V203A probably damaging Het
Helb T A 10: 119,925,471 (GRCm39) K969* probably null Het
Hipk2 G A 6: 38,675,098 (GRCm39) A1188V probably benign Het
Itpk1 T A 12: 102,540,317 (GRCm39) E255D probably benign Het
Kif21a T C 15: 90,855,969 (GRCm39) D596G possibly damaging Het
Kif5a A T 10: 127,077,879 (GRCm39) I405N probably benign Het
Klk1b11 T A 7: 43,427,179 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Luzp1 T A 4: 136,269,642 (GRCm39) L622M probably benign Het
Macf1 T A 4: 123,325,817 (GRCm39) I5227F probably damaging Het
Mapk10 A C 5: 103,061,128 (GRCm39) S470A probably damaging Het
Nmbr A G 10: 14,636,283 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nosip T A 7: 44,725,998 (GRCm39) M214K probably damaging Het
Or13c7d G T 4: 43,770,230 (GRCm39) Y260* probably null Het
Or52m2 A T 7: 102,263,577 (GRCm39) N206K possibly damaging Het
Or52r1 T C 7: 102,537,285 (GRCm39) Y25C probably benign Het
Or5w13 A G 2: 87,523,447 (GRCm39) F260L probably benign Het
Pik3c2a A T 7: 116,016,899 (GRCm39) V286E probably damaging Het
Ppfia4 T A 1: 134,252,311 (GRCm39) I388F probably benign Het
Ppm1f A G 16: 16,735,651 (GRCm39) H289R probably damaging Het
Ptprz1 T A 6: 22,959,711 (GRCm39) D69E probably benign Het
Rad54b A T 4: 11,612,770 (GRCm39) T801S probably damaging Het
Ramp1 A T 1: 91,124,579 (GRCm39) N47Y probably damaging Het
Rnf32 T A 5: 29,411,258 (GRCm39) H181Q possibly damaging Het
Rpa2 T C 4: 132,495,996 (GRCm39) F6L probably benign Het
Ryr2 C A 13: 11,575,472 (GRCm39) R4842L probably damaging Het
Scn11a G T 9: 119,609,931 (GRCm39) C972* probably null Het
Setd2 C T 9: 110,379,170 (GRCm39) T995I probably damaging Het
Slc39a7 A G 17: 34,247,789 (GRCm39) L471P probably damaging Het
Slc6a21 C G 7: 44,932,371 (GRCm39) S350R probably damaging Het
Slx4ip A G 2: 136,910,115 (GRCm39) N300S probably benign Het
Spef2 G A 15: 9,679,435 (GRCm39) P634L probably damaging Het
Stk32b G A 5: 37,624,102 (GRCm39) A215V probably damaging Het
Svil A T 18: 5,097,545 (GRCm39) Y1676F probably damaging Het
Tanc1 G A 2: 59,622,023 (GRCm39) V381M probably damaging Het
Tanc2 T C 11: 105,777,212 (GRCm39) F797L probably benign Het
Tas2r120 T G 6: 132,634,564 (GRCm39) C215W probably benign Het
Tenm4 G A 7: 96,545,147 (GRCm39) D2388N probably damaging Het
Thsd4 C T 9: 59,964,220 (GRCm39) S64N probably damaging Het
Thsd7b C T 1: 129,686,347 (GRCm39) R630C probably damaging Het
Top3a A G 11: 60,650,188 (GRCm39) I145T probably damaging Het
Vmn2r78 A G 7: 86,569,995 (GRCm39) D171G probably benign Het
Vmn2r82 A G 10: 79,215,046 (GRCm39) E343G probably benign Het
Wdr70 T C 15: 8,108,663 (GRCm39) D161G probably benign Het
Other mutations in Morc2a
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00543:Morc2a APN 11 3,630,283 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL00914:Morc2a APN 11 3,618,844 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL01081:Morc2a APN 11 3,638,149 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01092:Morc2a APN 11 3,634,042 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL01292:Morc2a APN 11 3,638,175 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01326:Morc2a APN 11 3,631,775 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
IGL01526:Morc2a APN 11 3,600,428 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL01651:Morc2a APN 11 3,608,727 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL02860:Morc2a APN 11 3,611,821 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL03372:Morc2a APN 11 3,631,813 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0136:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,907 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R0267:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,567 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R0279:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,989 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R0556:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,631,809 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1084:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,600,454 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1148:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1148:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1341:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,216 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R1460:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,794 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1493:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1665:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1668:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1669:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2132:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,787 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R2133:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,302 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2200:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,919 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2698:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,400 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3236:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,612 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3698:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,672 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R3743:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,700 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.46
R4119:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,868 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4898:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,626,664 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R5148:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,639,084 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5228:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,439 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R5395:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,638,232 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R5808:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,781 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5942:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,936 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6634:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,622,376 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R7056:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,925 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7537:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,566 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8014:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,627,419 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8143:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,537 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8144:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,634,039 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8711:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,013 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8714:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.13
R8736:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,631,737 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8857:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,627,484 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8885:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,584 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9457:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,626,184 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.36
R9711:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,600,381 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null 1.00
RF013:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,626,191 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AGATACTATAAGCTCTGTGTCCCC -3'
(R):5'- AACACTCAGCTCCTTCTTGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATAAGCTCTGTGTCCCCCGTAG -3'
(R):5'- CCTTCTTGGAGATGGGGAAAC -3'
Posted On 2014-06-23