Incidental Mutation 'R4455:Piwil2'
ID 329165
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 041715-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R4455 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 14
Chromosomal Location 70609926-70666832 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 70628014 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Methionine to Valine at position 752 (M752V)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000047385 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000048129]
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: M752V

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.021 (Sensitivity: 0.95; Specificity: 0.80)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000047385
Gene: ENSMUSG00000033644
AA Change: M752V

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
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0587 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 97.1%
  • 20x: 95.0%
Validation Efficiency 100% (61/61)
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: 47 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1700102P08Rik A G 9: 108,274,395 (GRCm39) H166R possibly damaging Het
Aktip T C 8: 91,851,479 (GRCm39) E248G probably benign Het
Ankk1 A G 9: 49,329,366 (GRCm39) V336A probably benign Het
Aoc1 T A 6: 48,882,401 (GRCm39) D92E probably damaging Het
Aoc1l3 A T 6: 48,964,394 (GRCm39) N134I possibly damaging Het
Arfgef2 T C 2: 166,736,635 (GRCm39) I1769T probably benign Het
Arfgef3 A T 10: 18,483,423 (GRCm39) S1434T probably benign Het
Baz1a C A 12: 54,958,153 (GRCm39) V1033L probably benign Het
Bbs12 T C 3: 37,374,461 (GRCm39) V418A probably damaging Het
Cacnb4 A G 2: 52,355,665 (GRCm39) V214A probably damaging Het
Calhm6 A T 10: 34,002,531 (GRCm39) I184N probably damaging Het
Camk2d T C 3: 126,574,052 (GRCm39) V153A probably damaging Het
Ccdc18 C T 5: 108,309,395 (GRCm39) S330L possibly damaging Het
Cdh11 T C 8: 103,374,455 (GRCm39) D500G probably benign Het
Cdkn2d C G 9: 21,202,185 (GRCm39) V21L probably benign Het
Clca4a G A 3: 144,663,020 (GRCm39) P610S probably damaging Het
Dctn1 T C 6: 83,172,031 (GRCm39) L807P probably damaging Het
Dop1b T C 16: 93,563,103 (GRCm39) L869P probably damaging Het
Egr2 GAA GA 10: 67,375,733 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Eya1 C T 1: 14,253,420 (GRCm39) V519M probably damaging Het
Fam227b T A 2: 125,988,188 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Fsip2 G T 2: 82,821,120 (GRCm39) A5618S possibly damaging Het
Grb10 T G 11: 11,917,665 (GRCm39) Q72P possibly damaging Het
H3f3a G T 1: 180,630,668 (GRCm39) R129S probably benign Het
Hfm1 T C 5: 107,034,374 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Kansl1 T C 11: 104,315,184 (GRCm39) T285A possibly damaging Het
Krtap16-1 A T 11: 99,876,559 (GRCm39) C282S probably benign Het
Magi1 A G 6: 93,762,438 (GRCm39) V89A probably damaging Het
Mllt1 A G 17: 57,226,965 (GRCm39) Y71H probably damaging Het
Ms4a14 T A 19: 11,280,990 (GRCm39) T523S possibly damaging Het
Mslnl G A 17: 25,961,908 (GRCm39) V128M probably damaging Het
Muc5b T C 7: 141,412,555 (GRCm39) S1834P unknown Het
Necap1 C T 6: 122,864,328 (GRCm39) S270F possibly damaging Het
Prune1 G A 3: 95,189,207 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ptpro A G 6: 137,370,657 (GRCm39) E586G probably damaging Het
Rela T A 19: 5,697,290 (GRCm39) I499K probably damaging Het
Rpl31-ps17 C T 12: 54,748,397 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Scara5 T A 14: 66,000,196 (GRCm39) D455E probably benign Het
Slc2a4 G A 11: 69,834,148 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Sntb2 G A 8: 107,718,239 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Sspo C T 6: 48,442,450 (GRCm39) R1982C probably damaging Het
Tsen34 G A 7: 3,698,097 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ttc28 AC A 5: 111,371,924 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ttn T C 2: 76,777,257 (GRCm39) M1382V probably benign Het
Utp18 G A 11: 93,776,273 (GRCm39) R71C probably benign Het
Xrn1 T A 9: 95,855,698 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Yeats2 A G 16: 19,980,743 (GRCm39) K187R 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
R4402:Piwil2 UTSW 14 70,646,365 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
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'- GTGCCTGTGATGAGTGTCAATC -3'
(R):5'- GAAAGTTGATTGCAGTCTTCTTTGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TCACACTGCAAATACAGATATGAGAG -3'
(R):5'- GATTGCAGTCTTCTTTGCAAAGC -3'
Posted On 2015-07-21