Incidental Mutation 'R3408:Piwil4'
ID 258380
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Piwil4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000036912
Gene Name piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4
Synonyms Miwi2, MIWI2, 9230101H05Rik
MMRRC Submission 040626-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.192) question?
Stock # R3408 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 9
Chromosomal Location 14613072-14651968 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 14637259 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Alanine at position 352 (T352A)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000076213 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000115644]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
AA Change: T352A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.999 (Sensitivity: 0.14; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912
AA Change: T352A

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 155 300 3.7e-11 PFAM
PAZ 313 450 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 614 864 8.98e-95 SMART
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000115644
AA Change: T305A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.997 (Sensitivity: 0.41; Specificity: 0.98)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000111308
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912
AA Change: T305A

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 92 245 6.5e-10 PFAM
PAZ 266 403 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 541 834 6.71e-126 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.5736 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.0%
  • 3x: 98.2%
  • 10x: 95.8%
  • 20x: 89.1%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] PIWIL4 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 null allele exhibit male specific-infertility with a progressive loss of male germ cells, reduced testis size, abnormal male meiosis and increased apoptosis of spermatocytes in seminiferous tubules. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 36 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
6430550D23Rik C T 2: 155,845,840 (GRCm39) V6I probably benign Het
Adam17 T A 12: 21,379,119 (GRCm39) K643N probably damaging Het
Adgrg4 A T X: 56,013,487 (GRCm39) I2838F probably damaging Het
Aox1 G A 1: 58,382,827 (GRCm39) V1036I probably benign Het
Bag3 AAAGG AAAGGAAGG 7: 128,147,493 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cacnb3 T C 15: 98,539,068 (GRCm39) V167A probably benign Het
Clasrp C A 7: 19,319,165 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
E2f7 C T 10: 110,620,578 (GRCm39) T865M possibly damaging Het
Eef2 GCCC GCCCC 10: 81,014,601 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ephb3 T A 16: 21,038,254 (GRCm39) Y341N probably damaging Het
Frem1 A T 4: 82,930,223 (GRCm39) V241E probably damaging Het
Gpi1 A G 7: 33,902,104 (GRCm39) V500A probably damaging Het
Ilk A T 7: 105,390,181 (GRCm39) M155L probably benign Het
Ipo8 T C 6: 148,723,207 (GRCm39) D70G probably benign Het
Macf1 T C 4: 123,275,574 (GRCm39) Q6283R probably damaging Het
Mfsd1 T A 3: 67,504,046 (GRCm39) M346K possibly damaging Het
Mideas C T 12: 84,203,245 (GRCm39) G886S probably benign Het
Mroh2a GCCC GC 1: 88,159,979 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Myo7a A T 7: 97,730,294 (GRCm39) F758Y probably benign Het
Nalcn T A 14: 123,834,029 (GRCm39) S49C probably null Het
Ncan G A 8: 70,564,801 (GRCm39) T271I probably damaging Het
Nr5a2 C T 1: 136,868,236 (GRCm39) A299T probably benign Het
Or10ag60 A T 2: 87,438,220 (GRCm39) I163L probably benign Het
Or4g16 A T 2: 111,136,850 (GRCm39) Q100L probably damaging Het
Or51q1c G T 7: 103,652,550 (GRCm39) E23* probably null Het
Or9s23 A G 1: 92,501,675 (GRCm39) T261A probably damaging Het
Plch1 A G 3: 63,606,768 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Plekhg5 A G 4: 152,192,749 (GRCm39) T559A probably damaging Het
Rfx2 G T 17: 57,110,526 (GRCm39) D153E probably benign Het
Sh3bp4 G T 1: 89,072,769 (GRCm39) C539F possibly damaging Het
Slco1b2 A T 6: 141,621,982 (GRCm39) H479L probably benign Het
Spmip9 C T 6: 70,892,690 (GRCm39) S19N possibly damaging Het
Tmem150b G T 7: 4,727,339 (GRCm39) F55L probably damaging Het
Vmn1r60 A T 7: 5,548,148 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Vmn2r80 C T 10: 79,004,227 (GRCm39) L147F possibly damaging Het
Vps50 A T 6: 3,600,212 (GRCm39) K890N probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Piwil4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00091:Piwil4 APN 9 14,614,393 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL00331:Piwil4 APN 9 14,626,327 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL00848:Piwil4 APN 9 14,638,707 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
IGL00920:Piwil4 APN 9 14,638,733 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01583:Piwil4 APN 9 14,645,783 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01690:Piwil4 APN 9 14,614,391 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01763:Piwil4 APN 9 14,617,562 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02103:Piwil4 APN 9 14,637,282 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02898:Piwil4 APN 9 14,617,583 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
IGL03037:Piwil4 APN 9 14,616,308 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
IGL03352:Piwil4 APN 9 14,637,183 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
PIT4651001:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,620,195 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.48
R0453:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,748 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2324:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,204 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3236:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,611,544 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R3689:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3844:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,641,256 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R4191:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,626,296 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R4505:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4506:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4541:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,629,612 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4652:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,623,604 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R4876:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,651,761 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.22
R5027:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,621,240 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5479:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6656:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,621,230 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6736:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,627,119 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7096:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,112 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7124:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,196 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7358:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,641,289 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R7371:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,729 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7419:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,613,691 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7467:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7571:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,893 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7644:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,711 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7992:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,614,445 (GRCm39) missense
R8284:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,774 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8679:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,322 (GRCm39) missense
R8777:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,650,685 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8777-TAIL:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,650,685 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8824:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,771 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R8863:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,631,383 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R9578:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,790 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9609:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,614,443 (GRCm39) missense
X0026:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,651,887 (GRCm39) utr 5 prime probably benign
X0064:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,620,171 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
Z1088:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,813 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GTTTGTTGGAGAGGTCACAACC -3'
(R):5'- TGTGTACTGAAGCGTTCACAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GGTCACAACCACAAGAAAAGTG -3'
(R):5'- CTCTGTTGAGAGCTGATCCTGC -3'
Posted On 2015-01-23