Incidental Mutation 'R2078:Mertk'
ID 229258
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Mertk
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000014361
Gene Name MER proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase
Synonyms nmf12, Tyro 12, Nyk, Eyk, Mer
MMRRC Submission 040083-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.166) question?
Stock # R2078 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 2
Chromosomal Location 128540876-128644814 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 128636378 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Isoleucine at position 784 (T784I)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000014505 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000014505]
AlphaFold Q60805
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000014505
AA Change: T784I

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000014505
Gene: ENSMUSG00000014361
AA Change: T784I

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 22 N/A INTRINSIC
IG 94 189 8.99e-6 SMART
IG 198 276 1.54e-4 SMART
FN3 279 363 7.23e-8 SMART
FN3 379 465 6.16e-2 SMART
transmembrane domain 498 520 N/A INTRINSIC
TyrKc 582 849 2.88e-129 SMART
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000140221
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.4%
  • 20x: 95.6%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene is a member of the MER/AXL/TYRO3 receptor kinase family and encodes a transmembrane protein with two fibronectin type-III domains, two Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains, and one tyrosine kinase domain. Mutations in this gene have been associated with disruption of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) phagocytosis pathway and onset of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for targeted null mutations show increased sensitivity to LPS-induced shock, defective phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, lupus-like autoimmunity, degeneration of photoreceptors, decreased platelet aggregation and protection from induced pulmonary thromboembolism and thrombosis. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 50 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abcb6 C A 1: 75,148,780 (GRCm39) G55C probably damaging Het
Acss3 T C 10: 106,802,902 (GRCm39) T448A possibly damaging Het
Atxn7 A G 14: 14,052,975 (GRCm38) N138D probably damaging Het
Cacna2d4 A T 6: 119,315,077 (GRCm39) D869V probably benign Het
Cps1 T G 1: 67,196,965 (GRCm39) Y339D probably damaging Het
Cps1 T C 1: 67,234,424 (GRCm39) I937T possibly damaging Het
Dlgap4 T C 2: 156,604,746 (GRCm39) S261P probably damaging Het
Dusp6 T C 10: 99,099,686 (GRCm39) Y45H probably damaging Het
Ebag9 A G 15: 44,500,200 (GRCm39) N157S probably damaging Het
Exoc4 A G 6: 33,887,522 (GRCm39) D770G probably benign Het
Ezr A G 17: 7,050,041 (GRCm39) M1T probably null Het
Fat4 A G 3: 38,943,822 (GRCm39) N905S probably damaging Het
Fcrlb C G 1: 170,735,650 (GRCm39) R208P probably damaging Het
Flnb T C 14: 7,927,466 (GRCm38) V1892A probably damaging Het
Gas2 G A 7: 51,547,073 (GRCm39) V75M probably benign Het
Gda T A 19: 21,378,036 (GRCm39) D267V probably damaging Het
Gper1 A T 5: 139,411,888 (GRCm39) I78F probably benign Het
Hectd1 A C 12: 51,795,325 (GRCm39) I2368S probably damaging Het
Katna1 C T 10: 7,619,333 (GRCm39) P114S probably benign Het
Lce3c G A 3: 92,852,758 (GRCm39) S73N unknown Het
Lrfn3 A T 7: 30,059,879 (GRCm39) D115E possibly damaging Het
Lrrc47 C A 4: 154,103,888 (GRCm39) T505K probably damaging Het
Mettl21e T A 1: 44,245,662 (GRCm39) I195F possibly damaging Het
Mff T C 1: 82,719,642 (GRCm39) S207P probably damaging Het
Mtmr6 A G 14: 60,529,436 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Myh9 T C 15: 77,648,112 (GRCm39) K1788R probably benign Het
Narf A G 11: 121,136,220 (GRCm39) T199A probably benign Het
Neurod6 A G 6: 55,655,954 (GRCm39) S228P probably benign Het
Notch4 A T 17: 34,787,689 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nyap2 T C 1: 81,169,696 (GRCm39) L151P probably damaging Het
Or5b21 T A 19: 12,839,751 (GRCm39) V204E probably benign Het
P2ry1 A G 3: 60,911,118 (GRCm39) I86V probably damaging Het
Pafah1b2 G T 9: 45,880,127 (GRCm39) D183E probably damaging Het
Phldb1 T C 9: 44,619,276 (GRCm39) E179G probably damaging Het
Piezo2 T C 18: 63,250,791 (GRCm39) E436G probably damaging Het
Pkhd1l1 A G 15: 44,391,163 (GRCm39) I1514V probably benign Het
Plch1 A G 3: 63,609,364 (GRCm39) S948P probably benign Het
Rfc5 A G 5: 117,518,868 (GRCm39) V296A probably benign Het
Rnf150 A T 8: 83,730,234 (GRCm39) I255F probably damaging Het
Rsbn1 A G 3: 103,868,839 (GRCm39) D626G probably damaging Het
Sfswap A G 5: 129,593,171 (GRCm39) D346G possibly damaging Het
Slc38a11 A T 2: 65,160,728 (GRCm39) F289I possibly damaging Het
Terf2ip A G 8: 112,742,035 (GRCm39) N243S probably benign Het
Tmed5 A T 5: 108,272,471 (GRCm39) V209E probably damaging Het
Tmem63b A G 17: 45,974,462 (GRCm39) S603P possibly damaging Het
Tomm20 T C 8: 127,663,822 (GRCm39) M121V possibly damaging Het
Tspan33 G A 6: 29,709,970 (GRCm39) V45I probably benign Het
Usp17la A T 7: 104,508,600 (GRCm39) M1L probably benign Het
Vsig8 C A 1: 172,390,856 (GRCm39) D301E probably benign Het
Vwa8 T A 14: 79,145,597 (GRCm39) H91Q probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Mertk
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01540:Mertk APN 2 128,625,887 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01561:Mertk APN 2 128,578,556 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01873:Mertk APN 2 128,571,195 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
IGL02539:Mertk APN 2 128,643,210 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02652:Mertk APN 2 128,643,190 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02962:Mertk APN 2 128,619,374 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03237:Mertk APN 2 128,632,192 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
PIT4378001:Mertk UTSW 2 128,624,537 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0118:Mertk UTSW 2 128,601,086 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0281:Mertk UTSW 2 128,624,541 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0491:Mertk UTSW 2 128,635,027 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0565:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,403 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.20
R0628:Mertk UTSW 2 128,580,233 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1260:Mertk UTSW 2 128,604,072 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R1406:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,406 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1406:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,406 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1423:Mertk UTSW 2 128,620,883 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1523:Mertk UTSW 2 128,632,248 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1539:Mertk UTSW 2 128,624,446 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R1680:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,556 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R1770:Mertk UTSW 2 128,592,094 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R1832:Mertk UTSW 2 128,604,132 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R1870:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,116 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1959:Mertk UTSW 2 128,601,010 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2125:Mertk UTSW 2 128,604,058 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R2178:Mertk UTSW 2 128,634,984 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2220:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,392 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.18
R4128:Mertk UTSW 2 128,619,358 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R4664:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,132 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.24
R4740:Mertk UTSW 2 128,593,914 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4822:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,225 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4839:Mertk UTSW 2 128,624,496 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R4874:Mertk UTSW 2 128,592,079 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4899:Mertk UTSW 2 128,625,845 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5010:Mertk UTSW 2 128,625,920 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R5128:Mertk UTSW 2 128,580,167 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R5251:Mertk UTSW 2 128,571,375 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5276:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,234 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.87
R5397:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,384 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.86
R5575:Mertk UTSW 2 128,578,485 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5605:Mertk UTSW 2 128,580,227 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.43
R5705:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,321 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5987:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,294 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R6127:Mertk UTSW 2 128,580,211 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6556:Mertk UTSW 2 128,618,341 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.23
R6671:Mertk UTSW 2 128,593,943 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R6674:Mertk UTSW 2 128,571,277 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6841:Mertk UTSW 2 128,601,150 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7153:Mertk UTSW 2 128,578,569 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7192:Mertk UTSW 2 128,635,028 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7225:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,482 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R7344:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,417 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7414:Mertk UTSW 2 128,571,313 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
R7883:Mertk UTSW 2 128,618,265 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8000:Mertk UTSW 2 128,613,418 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8953:Mertk UTSW 2 128,620,716 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R9135:Mertk UTSW 2 128,604,035 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.23
R9153:Mertk UTSW 2 128,624,487 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9176:Mertk UTSW 2 128,620,892 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.62
R9443:Mertk UTSW 2 128,604,029 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9574:Mertk UTSW 2 128,593,880 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R9582:Mertk UTSW 2 128,624,527 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.55
R9616:Mertk UTSW 2 128,643,255 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
X0067:Mertk UTSW 2 128,571,487 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ACGGTTAACTATGGGGCTTCAAC -3'
(R):5'- AGCACTGTGTTTCTCAGGTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AACCCCATGTATTGCTGTGTCAG -3'
(R):5'- CTCAGGTCGTTTCATAGCCAGG -3'
Posted On 2014-09-17