Incidental Mutation 'R2200:Morc2a'
ID 238615
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Morc2a
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000034543
Gene Name microrchidia 2A
Synonyms 8430403M08Rik, Zcwcc1
MMRRC Submission 040202-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R2200 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal Location 3599191-3640477 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 3633919 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Asparagine to Serine at position 677 (N677S)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000094176 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000093389] [ENSMUST00000096441]
AlphaFold Q69ZX6
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000093389
AA Change: N677S

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.002 (Sensitivity: 0.99; Specificity: 0.30)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091087
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: N677S

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 benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000096441
AA Change: N677S

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.002 (Sensitivity: 0.99; Specificity: 0.30)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000094176
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: N677S

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: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.4%
  • 20x: 95.5%
Validation Efficiency
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: 40 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Acer1 T C 17: 57,265,423 (GRCm39) I135M probably benign Het
Ano7 A G 1: 93,308,158 (GRCm39) E63G possibly damaging Het
Asah1 A G 8: 41,796,765 (GRCm39) probably null Het
B3gat2 C T 1: 23,801,873 (GRCm39) P53L probably benign Het
Bmp8b A T 4: 123,016,815 (GRCm39) M339L possibly damaging Het
Bpifb9b C A 2: 154,155,574 (GRCm39) Q358K probably benign Het
Cbs T C 17: 31,843,238 (GRCm39) D231G probably damaging Het
Chd6 A G 2: 160,825,673 (GRCm39) Y1144H probably damaging Het
Clca3a2 T A 3: 144,519,685 (GRCm39) I230L probably benign Het
Clec2d A T 6: 129,161,831 (GRCm39) T155S possibly damaging Het
Cpxm1 G T 2: 130,235,117 (GRCm39) F567L probably damaging Het
Cyp4f16 G T 17: 32,756,078 (GRCm39) A36S probably damaging Het
Dnah17 T C 11: 117,993,235 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Eml5 T C 12: 98,791,676 (GRCm39) D1280G probably damaging Het
Ergic1 C A 17: 26,860,566 (GRCm39) A218D possibly damaging Het
Eva1a A G 6: 82,068,894 (GRCm39) R74G probably benign Het
Fhip1a A G 3: 85,637,628 (GRCm39) S224P probably damaging Het
Fus T A 7: 127,576,400 (GRCm39) N273K probably damaging Het
Ipo13 A C 4: 117,762,100 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Itgb3 T A 11: 104,531,812 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Lrif1 T A 3: 106,641,874 (GRCm39) S63R probably damaging Het
Lrig3 A G 10: 125,832,478 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Lrp1b A T 2: 41,174,177 (GRCm39) N1547K probably benign Het
Mme A T 3: 63,287,713 (GRCm39) N738I possibly damaging Het
Mrpl35 A C 6: 71,794,723 (GRCm39) L82V probably benign Het
Mybpc1 A T 10: 88,391,557 (GRCm39) N313K probably damaging Het
Podn T C 4: 107,879,787 (GRCm39) D66G probably damaging Het
Ptpru A T 4: 131,548,124 (GRCm39) N52K probably damaging Het
Pyroxd1 G T 6: 142,304,808 (GRCm39) R345L probably benign Het
Qser1 A G 2: 104,619,358 (GRCm39) S485P probably damaging Het
Rbm46 A T 3: 82,771,351 (GRCm39) D421E probably benign Het
Rgs10 T C 7: 127,990,761 (GRCm39) E109G probably damaging Het
Samd8 C T 14: 21,825,388 (GRCm39) P178S probably benign Het
Scaf11 T C 15: 96,318,404 (GRCm39) K387E probably damaging Het
Sccpdh G T 1: 179,498,171 (GRCm39) V72F possibly damaging Het
Sec22a A T 16: 35,134,527 (GRCm39) V285E probably damaging Het
Slc19a3 A G 1: 83,000,664 (GRCm39) S118P probably damaging Het
Sun1 C A 5: 139,216,974 (GRCm39) R338S probably benign Het
Taf1c A G 8: 120,325,417 (GRCm39) F815S probably benign Het
Zcchc14 A T 8: 122,332,167 (GRCm39) 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
R1812:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,831 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2132:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,787 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R2133:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,302 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
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'- TTTTAGGAACCTGTACGGAGACC -3'
(R):5'- AGGGAAAGCATCTCACCACG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CCTTTACCTGCGGTGATCAAGAATG -3'
(R):5'- TCACCACGGACTGTTTGAC -3'
Posted On 2014-10-02