Incidental Mutation 'R4291:Map3k4'
ID 323087
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Map3k4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000014426
Gene Name mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 4
Synonyms T-associated sex reversal, D17Rp17, D17Rp17e, Mekk4, Tas, RP17, MAPKKK4, MTK1
MMRRC Submission 041081-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably essential (E-score: 0.953) question?
Stock # R4291 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 17
Chromosomal Location 12446508-12537683 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 12474147 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamine to Lysine at position 845 (Q845K)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000086459 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000089058]
AlphaFold O08648
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000089058
AA Change: Q845K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.076 (Sensitivity: 0.93; Specificity: 0.85)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000086459
Gene: ENSMUSG00000014426
AA Change: Q845K

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 8 21 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 27 43 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 215 235 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 432 462 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 1177 1191 N/A INTRINSIC
S_TKc 1332 1590 1.41e-91 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1854 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.3%
  • 3x: 98.7%
  • 10x: 97.6%
  • 20x: 96.0%
Validation Efficiency 100% (62/62)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The central core of each mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a conserved cascade of 3 protein kinases: an activated MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK) phosphorylates and activates a specific MAPK kinase (MAPKK), which then activates a specific MAPK. While the ERK MAPKs are activated by mitogenic stimulation, the CSBP2 and JNK MAPKs are activated by environmental stresses such as osmotic shock, UV irradiation, wound stress, and inflammatory factors. This gene encodes a MAPKKK, the MEKK4 protein, also called MTK1. This protein contains a protein kinase catalytic domain at the C terminus. The N-terminal nonkinase domain may contain a regulatory domain. Expression of MEKK4 in mammalian cells activated the CSBP2 and JNK MAPK pathways, but not the ERK pathway. In vitro kinase studies indicated that recombinant MEKK4 can specifically phosphorylate and activate PRKMK6 and SERK1, MAPKKs that activate CSBP2 and JNK, respectively but cannot phosphorylate PRKMK1, an MAPKK that activates ERKs. MEKK4 is a major mediator of environmental stresses that activate the CSBP2 MAPK pathway, and a minor mediator of the JNK pathway. Several alternatively spliced transcripts encoding distinct isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null mice exhibit some perinatal lethality and survivors appear smaller. On certain genetic backgrounds, heterozygous X/Y mice may develop as phenotypic females or hermaphrodites. The sex-reversal phenotype is dependent on a combination of strain-specific autosomal and Y-linked alleles. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 53 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Acad9 T C 3: 36,120,337 (GRCm39) F27S probably benign Het
AK157302 T A 13: 21,679,715 (GRCm39) D80E probably damaging Het
Amz2 T C 11: 109,324,881 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Angel1 A G 12: 86,767,057 (GRCm39) Y440H probably damaging Het
Ankrd34c T A 9: 89,611,817 (GRCm39) K175* probably null Het
Arid1b C A 17: 5,090,938 (GRCm39) S546R probably damaging Het
Atf6b T A 17: 34,871,648 (GRCm39) M428K probably benign Het
Brpf3 G A 17: 29,042,949 (GRCm39) V997M probably benign Het
Cckar A G 5: 53,863,839 (GRCm39) S41P probably benign Het
Cd96 T A 16: 45,892,112 (GRCm39) Q292L probably damaging Het
Cdh18 C A 15: 22,714,637 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cfb T G 17: 35,080,114 (GRCm39) D122A possibly damaging Het
Copa G T 1: 171,919,964 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ctnna2 T A 6: 76,859,728 (GRCm39) K854N probably damaging Het
Cwh43 G A 5: 73,569,275 (GRCm39) V106M probably benign Het
Dact2 C T 17: 14,416,833 (GRCm39) E456K probably benign Het
Dnah8 T C 17: 30,967,533 (GRCm39) S2582P probably benign Het
Eef2 A G 10: 81,015,414 (GRCm39) T312A probably benign Het
Enpep T A 3: 129,063,966 (GRCm39) R934* probably null Het
Fam240b A T 13: 64,629,627 (GRCm39) M63K possibly damaging Het
Fhdc1 C A 3: 84,352,133 (GRCm39) V1031F probably benign Het
Gm6124 A T 7: 38,872,195 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gsn G A 2: 35,180,432 (GRCm39) V147I probably benign Het
Gucy1a1 A T 3: 82,002,066 (GRCm39) F671Y possibly damaging Het
Hectd3 A G 4: 116,852,889 (GRCm39) E97G probably damaging Het
Kcnv1 G A 15: 44,977,840 (GRCm39) T66M probably damaging Het
Krba1 C T 6: 48,392,599 (GRCm39) P802S possibly damaging Het
Lca5l C T 16: 95,979,974 (GRCm39) S52N probably damaging Het
Lmf1 T C 17: 25,873,455 (GRCm39) L320P probably damaging Het
Mapkapk3 T C 9: 107,136,131 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mccc1 A G 3: 36,044,217 (GRCm39) V203A probably damaging Het
Mcm9 C A 10: 53,423,668 (GRCm39) M677I probably benign Het
Mkrn2 A G 6: 115,594,395 (GRCm39) T369A possibly damaging Het
Mthfr C A 4: 148,139,949 (GRCm39) N623K probably damaging Het
Myh2 T C 11: 67,071,985 (GRCm39) V571A probably benign Het
Nom1 G A 5: 29,651,370 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nucb1 T A 7: 45,144,704 (GRCm39) D283V probably damaging Het
Or12e8 G A 2: 87,188,419 (GRCm39) M210I probably benign Het
Or14c46 A T 7: 85,918,968 (GRCm39) F10I probably damaging Het
Or2v2 T A 11: 49,004,254 (GRCm39) I100L probably benign Het
Pcdhb1 A C 18: 37,398,470 (GRCm39) L140F probably damaging Het
Ptgs2 G A 1: 149,976,002 (GRCm39) A10T probably benign Het
Rfx3 C T 19: 27,777,632 (GRCm39) R497Q probably damaging Het
Rps6kb1 A T 11: 86,410,702 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Slc22a21 T C 11: 53,860,329 (GRCm39) D34G probably damaging Het
Spata13 T A 14: 60,947,004 (GRCm39) M684K probably damaging Het
Tet3 T C 6: 83,350,181 (GRCm39) T961A probably damaging Het
Ttc27 T C 17: 75,163,474 (GRCm39) L694P probably damaging Het
Vmn1r238 G A 18: 3,123,214 (GRCm39) Q67* probably null Het
Vmn2r101 A T 17: 19,832,303 (GRCm39) R766S probably damaging Het
Vwf A T 6: 125,619,285 (GRCm39) Y1321F probably damaging Het
Wfdc1 C A 8: 120,406,194 (GRCm39) P103Q probably damaging Het
Zfp488 C A 14: 33,692,851 (GRCm39) C104F possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Map3k4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01065:Map3k4 APN 17 12,451,877 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01124:Map3k4 APN 17 12,474,087 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
IGL01125:Map3k4 APN 17 12,490,849 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
IGL01585:Map3k4 APN 17 12,467,846 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02194:Map3k4 APN 17 12,482,815 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02194:Map3k4 APN 17 12,467,882 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.30
IGL02292:Map3k4 APN 17 12,454,045 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
IGL02326:Map3k4 APN 17 12,467,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02388:Map3k4 APN 17 12,490,497 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02621:Map3k4 APN 17 12,482,900 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02668:Map3k4 APN 17 12,454,840 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.85
IGL02850:Map3k4 APN 17 12,490,801 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02939:Map3k4 APN 17 12,491,036 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03148:Map3k4 APN 17 12,457,045 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
IGL03238:Map3k4 APN 17 12,490,045 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
ANU74:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,863 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0012:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,457,076 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0012:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,457,076 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0128:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,466,950 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0183:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,454,015 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0309:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,902 (GRCm39) frame shift probably null
R0355:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,473,058 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0367:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,476,928 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1103:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,455,950 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R1446:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,475,681 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R1542:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,454,793 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R1713:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,468,458 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.39
R1777:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,617 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R1797:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,906 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.30
R1997:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,473,882 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R2042:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,496,870 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R2878:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,954 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2939:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,480,157 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2940:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,480,157 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R3405:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,475,668 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3930:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,454,880 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.83
R4410:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,467,885 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4632:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,391 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4641:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,932 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4726:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,851 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R4730:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,467,861 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R4832:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,667 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4896:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,906 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.65
R4934:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,787 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4971:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,468,382 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R4980:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,958 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5211:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,321 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R5337:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,497 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R5356:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,466,195 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.87
R5550:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,462,445 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R5824:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,448,526 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5890:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,303 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6285:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,945 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6380:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,954 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.56
R6383:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,468,470 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R6571:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,461,579 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R6584:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,479,378 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6616:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,231 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6644:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,297 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R6909:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,872 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6947:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,479,456 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R6970:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,467,803 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7120:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,354 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7253:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,955 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7267:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,536 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7322:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,833 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7522:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,480,219 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.39
R7554:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,301 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7554:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,300 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7681:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,537,430 (GRCm39) missense unknown
R7734:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,998 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7842:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,030 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R8013:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,918 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8014:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,918 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8235:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,458,968 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R8294:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,537,500 (GRCm39) missense unknown
R8528:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,821 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8858:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,759 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8924:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,433 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9063:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,878 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9224:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,456,973 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R9446:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,451,375 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9486:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,860 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9488:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,489,860 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9591:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,454,795 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.91
R9617:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,476,871 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
R9722:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,523 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
X0067:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,482,981 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
Z1177:Map3k4 UTSW 17 12,490,584 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CAGCCATCTTCTGAGTCACG -3'
(R):5'- TGGAACTAATGCCTCCTCCC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATCTTCTGAGTCACGGGCTCG -3'
(R):5'- TGAACCTGCTTGTCTATCCAC -3'
Posted On 2015-06-20