Incidental Mutation 'R2346:Samd4'
ID 245960
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Samd4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000021838
Gene Name sterile alpha motif domain containing 4
Synonyms Smaug, 1700111L17Rik, 1700024G08Rik, 4933436G17Rik, sunk
MMRRC Submission 040329-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably essential (E-score: 0.784) question?
Stock # R2346 (G1)
Quality Score 112
Status Validated
Chromosome 14
Chromosomal Location 47120414-47343274 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to A at 47122299 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glycine to Arginine at position 8 (G8R)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000114621 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000022386] [ENSMUST00000100672] [ENSMUST00000137543] [ENSMUST00000228404]
AlphaFold Q8CBY1
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000022386
AA Change: G8R

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000022386
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021838
AA Change: G8R

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 82 95 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 292 305 N/A INTRINSIC
SAM 320 383 1.4e-7 SMART
low complexity region 445 463 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000100672
AA Change: G8R

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000098237
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021838
AA Change: G8R

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 82 95 N/A INTRINSIC
SAM 232 295 2.75e-6 SMART
low complexity region 357 375 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000137543
AA Change: G8R

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000114621
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021838
AA Change: G8R

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 82 95 N/A INTRINSIC
SAM 232 295 2.75e-6 SMART
low complexity region 357 375 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000141767
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000227016
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000228024
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000228355
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000228404
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000228370
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1242 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.3%
  • 3x: 98.7%
  • 10x: 97.4%
  • 20x: 95.2%
Validation Efficiency 100% (21/21)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] Sterile alpha motifs (SAMs) in proteins such as SAMD4A are part of an RNA-binding domain that functions as a posttranscriptional regulator by binding to an RNA sequence motif known as the Smaug recognition element, which was named after the Drosophila Smaug protein (Baez and Boccaccio, 2005 [PubMed 16221671]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for an ENU-induced allele exhibit leaness, myopathy and altered glucose metabolism. Mice homozygous for a spontaneous mutation exhibit kyphosis, abnormal gait, and decreased cortical bone thickness. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI

ll alleles(1) : Gene trapped(1)

Other mutations in this stock
Total: 21 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
BC051665 T C 13: 60,931,774 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ces1a C T 8: 93,751,947 (GRCm39) V396M probably benign Het
Dnm2 T C 9: 21,378,852 (GRCm39) L137P probably damaging Het
Elf2 A G 3: 51,164,865 (GRCm39) S380P probably benign Het
Fbxw15 T C 9: 109,394,500 (GRCm39) Y105C probably damaging Het
Gm12588 T C 11: 121,796,994 (GRCm39) Y285C probably benign Het
Gm21276 T A 7: 38,467,575 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Kat2b A G 17: 53,917,932 (GRCm39) N97S probably benign Het
Mus81 A G 19: 5,534,991 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nfix CAAAAA CAAAA 8: 85,442,876 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nsf C T 11: 103,821,578 (GRCm39) E26K possibly damaging Het
Or8a1b T C 9: 37,622,661 (GRCm39) R305G possibly damaging Het
Pkhd1l1 C A 15: 44,423,902 (GRCm39) A3148E possibly damaging Het
Prkar2b T C 12: 32,022,149 (GRCm39) N212S probably benign Het
Rp1 T A 1: 4,418,236 (GRCm39) T959S probably damaging Het
Shroom3 G T 5: 93,090,945 (GRCm39) V1151F probably damaging Het
Skiv2l-ps1 A G 17: 34,989,076 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Vmn1r20 A G 6: 57,408,931 (GRCm39) M86V possibly damaging Het
Vwa1 A G 4: 155,857,526 (GRCm39) Y91H probably benign Het
Zan A G 5: 137,420,129 (GRCm39) S2843P unknown Het
Zbtb39 A T 10: 127,577,450 (GRCm39) Q8L possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Samd4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00557:Samd4 APN 14 47,290,355 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01413:Samd4 APN 14 47,254,249 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
supermodel UTSW 14 47,253,794 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
B6584:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,253,794 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
G1Funyon:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,135 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
G4846:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,253,776 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0096:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,301,754 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R0122:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,017 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.44
R0562:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,314,966 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1247:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,325,215 (GRCm39) small insertion probably benign
R1247:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,301,785 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably benign
R1771:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,326,532 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1902:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,311,585 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1903:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,311,585 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4155:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,290,403 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.74
R4498:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,333,566 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4510:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,315,042 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R4511:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,315,042 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R4658:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,301,703 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4871:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,303,920 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4991:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,311,467 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R5432:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,311,519 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R5687:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,022 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6035:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,325,329 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6035:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,325,329 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6254:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,088 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6366:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,311,607 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R6376:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,290,419 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6944:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,092 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R7035:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,326,620 (GRCm39) synonymous silent
R7148:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,140 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R7467:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,325,313 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.19
R7999:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,301,704 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R8301:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,135 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8306:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,122,374 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8351:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,338,888 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8451:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,338,888 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9061:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,301,728 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9103:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,066 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
X0018:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,254,153 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
X0022:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,311,474 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
Z0001:Samd4 UTSW 14 47,253,794 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AGCAGAGTCAGTACCTGCAG -3'
(R):5'- GTTCACAATGGTCAAAGCCCC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TCAGTACCTGCAGCGCCC -3'
(R):5'- TCCGACGCAGATGCTCAGAG -3'
Posted On 2014-10-30