Incidental Mutation 'R4120:Gfra2'
ID 315297
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Gfra2
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000022103
Gene Name glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha 2
Synonyms GFR alpha 2, GFR alpha-2
MMRRC Submission 040993-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.242) question?
Stock # R4120 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 14
Chromosomal Location 71127560-71217278 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 71203715 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Aspartic acid to Glycine at position 31 (D31G)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000153937 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000022699] [ENSMUST00000227633] [ENSMUST00000227697]
AlphaFold O08842
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000022699
AA Change: D288G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.981 (Sensitivity: 0.75; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000022699
Gene: ENSMUSG00000022103
AA Change: D288G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 21 N/A INTRINSIC
GDNF 40 117 1.76e-15 SMART
GDNF 161 241 3.7e-23 SMART
GDNF 251 347 1.74e-28 SMART
low complexity region 381 397 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000227633
AA Change: D31G

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000227697
AA Change: D155G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.996 (Sensitivity: 0.55; Specificity: 0.98)
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.3278 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.2%
  • 20x: 95.0%
Validation Efficiency 93% (55/59)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: The protein encoded by this gene is part of the receptor complex that transduces glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor and neurturin signals by mediating autophosphorylation and activation of the RET receptor. Mice lacking this protein are viable and fertile but display growth retardation attributed to impaired salivary and pancreatic secretion and innervation deficits in the intestinal tract. In addition, knockout mice display neural defects including a failure to initiate outgrowth of dorsal ganglion root neurons, demonstrating a requirement in neuronal differentiation of these cells. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygous mutants have dry eyes, poor postweaning growth associated with impaired parasympathetic cholinergic innervation of lacrimal and salivary glands and of small intestine, reduced skin thickness and accelerated hair follicle regression. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 53 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Adgrb3 C A 1: 25,133,388 (GRCm39) E1233* probably null Het
Afap1l1 T C 18: 61,872,243 (GRCm39) D526G probably damaging Het
Ago4 A G 4: 126,390,600 (GRCm39) Y807H probably damaging Het
Ankfy1 G A 11: 72,605,310 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Arhgap40 A G 2: 158,374,250 (GRCm39) M222V probably benign Het
Asnsd1 A G 1: 53,387,154 (GRCm39) S158P probably damaging Het
Cdh15 T C 8: 123,590,162 (GRCm39) V365A probably damaging Het
Clca3a2 T C 3: 144,516,613 (GRCm39) M328V probably benign Het
Col4a1 G A 8: 11,256,263 (GRCm39) P1535S unknown Het
Dennd2a G A 6: 39,442,030 (GRCm39) R947C probably damaging Het
Dlg2 G A 7: 91,614,846 (GRCm39) V217I probably damaging Het
Dnaaf2 T C 12: 69,244,812 (GRCm39) D83G possibly damaging Het
Dppa5a A T 9: 78,275,137 (GRCm39) M55K possibly damaging Het
Ect2l A G 10: 18,006,466 (GRCm39) V779A probably benign Het
Ehhadh A G 16: 21,581,934 (GRCm39) S353P probably benign Het
Etv3 A G 3: 87,443,589 (GRCm39) D391G probably benign Het
Fastkd1 T A 2: 69,537,654 (GRCm39) K309N probably damaging Het
Fip1l1 T A 5: 74,748,852 (GRCm39) Y375N probably damaging Het
Flvcr2 T C 12: 85,832,903 (GRCm39) S308P probably benign Het
Fyco1 T C 9: 123,654,691 (GRCm39) Y1065C probably benign Het
Gm17175 A T 14: 51,810,534 (GRCm39) I31N probably damaging Het
Gm6003 T A 7: 32,864,976 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gm9951 T C 8: 34,522,993 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Hspa2 A G 12: 76,452,008 (GRCm39) E234G probably damaging Het
Ip6k2 G A 9: 108,682,847 (GRCm39) R319Q probably benign Het
Iqsec1 A T 6: 90,639,584 (GRCm39) Y1065* probably null Het
Ltk T A 2: 119,588,429 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Map2 G A 1: 66,455,063 (GRCm39) A1318T probably damaging Het
Mas1 A T 17: 13,061,233 (GRCm39) N63K probably damaging Het
Myo15b T C 11: 115,764,318 (GRCm39) S1311P probably benign Het
Nav3 A G 10: 109,739,605 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nlrp1c-ps T C 11: 71,133,359 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Oca2 A T 7: 55,904,630 (GRCm39) D32V probably damaging Het
Or51v8 T C 7: 103,320,221 (GRCm39) T6A probably benign Het
Or8b9 T C 9: 37,766,705 (GRCm39) L197S possibly damaging Het
Otub2 T C 12: 103,370,489 (GRCm39) V257A probably damaging Het
Pink1 G A 4: 138,042,822 (GRCm39) R461* probably null Het
Plxna2 T C 1: 194,462,935 (GRCm39) C901R probably damaging Het
Ptchd3 T A 11: 121,721,572 (GRCm39) N148K probably damaging Het
Ralgapa1 C T 12: 55,687,429 (GRCm39) R2019Q probably damaging Het
Ripor1 T A 8: 106,345,489 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Sec13 T C 6: 113,711,637 (GRCm39) N107S probably damaging Het
Slc12a2 A G 18: 58,032,427 (GRCm39) M376V possibly damaging Het
Sp140l2 C T 1: 85,237,542 (GRCm39) V81M possibly damaging Het
Sptbn5 T A 2: 119,895,010 (GRCm39) D798V possibly damaging Het
Stradb T A 1: 59,019,168 (GRCm39) Y30N possibly damaging Het
Syne1 T A 10: 5,359,798 (GRCm39) Q328L probably damaging Het
Ttc23l A C 15: 10,540,006 (GRCm39) V159G probably damaging Het
Vmn2r100 T C 17: 19,752,215 (GRCm39) S753P probably damaging Het
Vmn2r129 G T 4: 156,686,778 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Vmn2r39 G A 7: 9,026,673 (GRCm39) H443Y probably benign Het
Zfp936 A G 7: 42,839,630 (GRCm39) T366A probably benign Het
Zkscan3 T C 13: 21,578,119 (GRCm39) E256G possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Gfra2
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00424:Gfra2 APN 14 71,205,679 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL01303:Gfra2 APN 14 71,133,292 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
IGL01380:Gfra2 APN 14 71,204,586 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL01528:Gfra2 APN 14 71,203,738 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
IGL02203:Gfra2 APN 14 71,204,524 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.69
IGL02270:Gfra2 APN 14 71,163,347 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.78
IGL03104:Gfra2 APN 14 71,205,725 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL03270:Gfra2 APN 14 71,163,344 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
H8562:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,215,818 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
H8786:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,215,818 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R0423:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,133,521 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4172:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,133,521 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R4712:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,163,377 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4804:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,163,361 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.76
R4902:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,204,455 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5424:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,133,287 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6711:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,203,715 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7290:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,163,380 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7322:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,205,831 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7814:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,133,410 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8159:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,133,397 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8557:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,214,737 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8831:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,204,503 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R8833:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,163,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9072:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,138,935 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.69
R9073:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,138,935 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.69
R9444:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,203,751 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.55
Z1177:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,215,932 (GRCm39) missense not run
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ATTGCACTATGCCCAGCTCC -3'
(R):5'- AGGCAAGGTTATGCTGTCAATCTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TATGCCCAGCTCCATAGGC -3'
(R):5'- AAGGTTATGCTGTCAATCTCCCAAC -3'
Posted On 2015-05-14