Incidental Mutation 'R4402:Piwil2'
ID 326697
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Piwil2
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000033644
Gene Name piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2
Synonyms mili, Miwi like
MMRRC Submission 042003-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R4402 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 14
Chromosomal Location 70609926-70666832 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 70646365 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Aspartic acid to Glutamic Acid at position 390 (D390E)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000047385 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000048129] [ENSMUST00000226229]
AlphaFold Q8CDG1
PDB Structure Structure of extended Tudor domain TD3 from mouse TDRD1 in complex with MILI peptide containing dimethylarginine 45. [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000048129
AA Change: D390E

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.006 (Sensitivity: 0.97; Specificity: 0.75)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000047385
Gene: ENSMUSG00000033644
AA Change: D390E

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 35 46 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 90 102 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 176 190 N/A INTRINSIC
DUF1785 335 386 7.44e-2 SMART
PAZ 386 524 1.92e-62 SMART
Piwi 666 957 2.45e-119 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000226229
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0910 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.3%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.1%
  • 20x: 94.7%
Validation Efficiency 98% (61/62)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] PIWIL2 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 knock-out allele exhibit decreased testis weight, azoospermia, and male infertility associated with a complete arrest of spermatogenesis and increased apoptotic cell death during the early prophase of the first meiosis. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 59 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
2810021J22Rik T A 11: 58,771,020 (GRCm39) H167Q probably benign Het
Adamts20 T C 15: 94,277,827 (GRCm39) T212A probably benign Het
Ap3b1 C A 13: 94,554,607 (GRCm39) L248I probably damaging Het
Atl1 T G 12: 70,005,973 (GRCm39) D426E probably benign Het
Cage1 T A 13: 38,207,078 (GRCm39) I256F probably damaging Het
Calcr A T 6: 3,708,484 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Canx T C 11: 50,195,265 (GRCm39) T268A probably benign Het
Chd7 A T 4: 8,866,353 (GRCm39) M842L possibly damaging Het
Clca4a T C 3: 144,658,609 (GRCm39) T787A probably benign Het
Clstn3 T C 6: 124,433,939 (GRCm39) Y407C probably damaging Het
Copa C A 1: 171,929,791 (GRCm39) T286N probably damaging Het
Cyb5a G A 18: 84,889,718 (GRCm39) R49Q possibly damaging Het
Def6 A G 17: 28,438,950 (GRCm39) K219E probably damaging Het
Eif4g1 G T 16: 20,497,593 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Eif5 A T 12: 111,508,183 (GRCm39) K161N probably benign Het
Fras1 C A 5: 96,790,479 (GRCm39) T951K probably damaging Het
Gen1 A T 12: 11,292,363 (GRCm39) N475K possibly damaging Het
Gm14569 T C X: 35,697,146 (GRCm39) Y521C probably benign Het
Gm6124 T A 7: 38,870,529 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gpt2 A T 8: 86,252,188 (GRCm39) D501V probably benign Het
Gstm2 T C 3: 107,893,370 (GRCm39) K31R probably benign Het
Homer3 G A 8: 70,742,793 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Itga1 T A 13: 115,138,102 (GRCm39) M428L probably benign Het
Kalrn C T 16: 33,810,180 (GRCm39) D2525N possibly damaging Het
Kcnn4 T C 7: 24,076,867 (GRCm39) W139R probably benign Het
Kdm7a T A 6: 39,143,602 (GRCm39) R380W probably null Het
Khdrbs1 T G 4: 129,635,889 (GRCm39) D22A possibly damaging Het
Liph A T 16: 21,795,000 (GRCm39) I204N probably damaging Het
Loxhd1 A G 18: 77,529,456 (GRCm39) E2033G possibly damaging Het
M6pr C T 6: 122,291,982 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mrm1 A G 11: 84,709,915 (GRCm39) I95T probably damaging Het
Mroh2a G T 1: 88,182,657 (GRCm39) R1195L possibly damaging Het
Mug1 C A 6: 121,856,311 (GRCm39) F1030L probably damaging Het
Naca C T 10: 127,879,341 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nob1 A T 8: 108,145,120 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nutm1 A C 2: 112,080,154 (GRCm39) I587R probably damaging Het
Or1e26 A G 11: 73,480,081 (GRCm39) V161A probably benign Het
Pcdhb2 A G 18: 37,428,455 (GRCm39) K143E probably benign Het
Pcnt T C 10: 76,228,227 (GRCm39) Q1646R probably benign Het
Pkhd1 A G 1: 20,309,635 (GRCm39) L2771P probably damaging Het
Pla2g1b T A 5: 115,608,947 (GRCm39) Y47* probably null Het
Plekhn1 T C 4: 156,309,813 (GRCm39) T135A probably damaging Het
Pola1 T C X: 92,605,029 (GRCm39) Y968C probably damaging Het
Ppp1r26 C A 2: 28,341,618 (GRCm39) T416K probably benign Het
Psmd1 A G 1: 86,003,673 (GRCm39) I153V possibly damaging Het
Rcan2 A G 17: 44,264,361 (GRCm39) D7G probably benign Het
Rexo5 T C 7: 119,433,599 (GRCm39) I326T possibly damaging Het
Rps6kc1 A G 1: 190,530,802 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Shc1 T C 3: 89,333,985 (GRCm39) S273P probably benign Het
Slc9b2 T C 3: 135,042,305 (GRCm39) V528A probably benign Het
Tas2r118 T C 6: 23,969,293 (GRCm39) K256R probably benign Het
Tma16 C T 8: 66,936,823 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tnfaip2 T C 12: 111,416,285 (GRCm39) F516L probably benign Het
Ugt1a1 CAGAGAGAGAGAGA CAGAGAGAGAGA 1: 88,139,706 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ugt1a10 C T 1: 88,142,845 (GRCm39) P113L probably damaging Het
Wdr35 A G 12: 9,039,981 (GRCm39) D362G probably damaging Het
Wwp2 T C 8: 108,184,610 (GRCm39) V106A probably benign Het
Zfp40 T A 17: 23,395,693 (GRCm39) H230L possibly damaging Het
Zkscan17 T A 11: 59,393,848 (GRCm39) M1L possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Piwil2
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01474:Piwil2 APN 14 70,635,667 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.35
IGL02215:Piwil2 APN 14 70,628,822 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.50
IGL02427:Piwil2 APN 14 70,635,583 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02554:Piwil2 APN 14 70,628,935 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0257:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,660,080 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0566:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,647,843 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0800:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,646,486 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R0828:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,613,466 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0862:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,632,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0864:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,632,823 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0881:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,646,376 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.34
R1734:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,663,954 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1997:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,664,107 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R2011:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,664,083 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2043:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,628,919 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2347:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,646,366 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2998:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,648,687 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4455:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,628,014 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R4611:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,639,646 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R4763:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,614,227 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4869:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,632,811 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5033:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,659,042 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.71
R5207:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,629,966 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5395:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,632,846 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R5486:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,638,880 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R5504:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,627,348 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R5629:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,660,416 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5967:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,628,013 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R6167:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,660,342 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R6168:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,632,800 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R6517:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,611,785 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.44
R7261:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,611,860 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7727:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,631,506 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7745:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,631,638 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7833:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,632,890 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R8044:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,628,887 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R8066:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,658,168 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8516:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,658,188 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.19
R9015:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,627,984 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9494:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,660,421 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R9695:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,627,349 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.66
X0023:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,635,648 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AGAGTCTCTCAGCTCTCTGC -3'
(R):5'- CCTCATGATTATCAAGGAAGGGCAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GCCTGGAACTCTATATAGCCTAGG -3'
(R):5'- AGGGCAGTGTCAGCATTG -3'
Posted On 2015-07-07