Incidental Mutation 'R0267:Morc2a'
ID 35011
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Morc2a
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000034543
Gene Name microrchidia 2A
Synonyms 8430403M08Rik, Zcwcc1
MMRRC Submission 038493-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R0267 (G1)
Quality Score 205
Status Validated
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal Location 3599191-3640477 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 3628567 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Isoleucine to Threonine at position 340 (I340T)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000094176 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000093389] [ENSMUST00000096441]
AlphaFold Q69ZX6
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000093389
AA Change: I340T

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.028 (Sensitivity: 0.95; Specificity: 0.81)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091087
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: I340T

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
HATPase_c 24 134 5.35e0 SMART
coiled coil region 285 322 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 403 416 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:zf-CW 495 542 5.1e-18 PFAM
coiled coil region 555 583 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 600 618 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 678 704 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 714 729 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 742 776 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 966 1011 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000096441
AA Change: I340T

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.028 (Sensitivity: 0.95; Specificity: 0.81)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000094176
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: I340T

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
HATPase_c 24 134 5.35e0 SMART
coiled coil region 285 322 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 403 416 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:zf-CW 494 543 1.7e-19 PFAM
coiled coil region 555 583 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 600 618 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 678 704 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 714 729 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 742 776 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 966 1011 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000126035
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000128666
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000131517
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0598 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 98.6%
  • 3x: 97.7%
  • 10x: 96.2%
  • 20x: 94.0%
Validation Efficiency 97% (64/66)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a member of the Microrchidia (MORC) protein superfamily. The encoded protein is known to regulate the condensation of heterochromatin in response to DNA damage and play a role in repressing transcription. The protein has been found to regulate the activity of ATP citrate lyase via specific interaction with this enzyme in the cytosol of lipogenic breast cancer cells. The protein also plays a role in lipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 65 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca1 A G 4: 53,046,105 (GRCm39) F1721S probably damaging Het
Adgrb1 G A 15: 74,401,238 (GRCm39) R78H probably damaging Het
Adgrd1 G A 5: 129,216,658 (GRCm39) A342T probably benign Het
Adrb1 A T 19: 56,711,923 (GRCm39) K374* probably null Het
Aldh18a1 C A 19: 40,562,233 (GRCm39) V264F probably benign Het
Aldh1l2 C T 10: 83,358,551 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Alox15 T A 11: 70,236,979 (GRCm39) H393L probably damaging Het
Aox1 A G 1: 58,378,605 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Appbp2 T C 11: 85,092,288 (GRCm39) Y297C probably damaging Het
Atxn2l T G 7: 126,092,379 (GRCm39) Q950P probably damaging Het
Bicd1 A T 6: 149,418,540 (GRCm39) D737V probably damaging Het
C9 T C 15: 6,496,939 (GRCm39) I212T probably benign Het
Ccdc63 A T 5: 122,255,107 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Chst1 C A 2: 92,443,951 (GRCm39) P141Q probably damaging Het
Cped1 T A 6: 22,119,475 (GRCm39) F311L probably damaging Het
D6Wsu163e T A 6: 126,923,454 (GRCm39) H113Q probably benign Het
Dcn A T 10: 97,342,345 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Dmbx1 C T 4: 115,775,309 (GRCm39) A324T probably benign Het
Dock10 G T 1: 80,490,171 (GRCm39) Q1618K probably damaging Het
Dpyd A G 3: 118,710,921 (GRCm39) E443G probably benign Het
Espl1 T C 15: 102,221,452 (GRCm39) V953A possibly damaging Het
Exosc10 T C 4: 148,647,213 (GRCm39) L174P probably damaging Het
Foxg1 A G 12: 49,432,365 (GRCm39) Y366C probably damaging Het
Fxyd3 T C 7: 30,770,159 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gbp2 T C 3: 142,335,867 (GRCm39) V189A probably benign Het
Gins4 T C 8: 23,719,426 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gm12789 A G 4: 101,845,319 (GRCm39) T3A probably benign Het
Gnb1l T C 16: 18,366,839 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gtpbp3 T C 8: 71,944,141 (GRCm39) L295S probably damaging Het
Hrh4 C A 18: 13,155,455 (GRCm39) Y331* probably null Het
Hsd11b1 A T 1: 192,923,705 (GRCm39) Y52N probably damaging Het
Jam3 A G 9: 27,017,701 (GRCm39) I29T probably benign Het
Kctd16 T A 18: 40,663,930 (GRCm39) I353N probably benign Het
Lama4 G T 10: 38,904,635 (GRCm39) G246C probably damaging Het
Lhx3 T A 2: 26,093,040 (GRCm39) M137L probably benign Het
Myo7a A C 7: 97,703,831 (GRCm39) I1969S probably benign Het
Or14a258 T C 7: 86,035,475 (GRCm39) E131G possibly damaging Het
Or5b116 T A 19: 13,422,792 (GRCm39) C139S probably damaging Het
Or6n1 A G 1: 173,916,732 (GRCm39) N42S probably damaging Het
Pclo T C 5: 14,731,194 (GRCm39) L3232P unknown Het
Polr1a T G 6: 71,951,123 (GRCm39) I1407M probably damaging Het
Ppip5k2 A G 1: 97,656,722 (GRCm39) V817A probably damaging Het
Rbfox3 T C 11: 118,386,066 (GRCm39) T280A probably benign Het
Rfx3 T C 19: 27,771,188 (GRCm39) D521G probably benign Het
Scn5a C T 9: 119,372,201 (GRCm39) V223I probably damaging Het
Sgsm3 T G 15: 80,890,803 (GRCm39) M119R probably damaging Het
Slc6a7 T A 18: 61,129,783 (GRCm39) M608L probably benign Het
Slit2 A G 5: 48,339,673 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Steap2 T A 5: 5,723,561 (GRCm39) I440F probably benign Het
Syn2 T G 6: 115,231,111 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Taar2 G A 10: 23,817,393 (GRCm39) R311H probably benign Het
Tfb2m G A 1: 179,361,203 (GRCm39) H262Y probably benign Het
Trmt1l A G 1: 151,333,426 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Trpm6 C A 19: 18,800,742 (GRCm39) P819T probably benign Het
Ttn G A 2: 76,574,033 (GRCm39) A25620V probably damaging Het
Ubn2 T C 6: 38,459,553 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Vars1 T C 17: 35,230,572 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Vip A T 10: 5,594,004 (GRCm39) D119V possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r92 C T 17: 18,388,219 (GRCm39) A408V probably damaging Het
Vps33b T C 7: 79,935,802 (GRCm39) I405T possibly damaging Het
Zbtb21 T A 16: 97,753,300 (GRCm39) S356C probably damaging Het
Zdhhc6 A T 19: 55,297,362 (GRCm39) S237T probably benign Het
Zfp142 G A 1: 74,615,223 (GRCm39) A427V probably benign Het
Zfp692 T A 11: 58,205,140 (GRCm39) V463E possibly damaging Het
Zmynd8 A T 2: 165,670,322 (GRCm39) I384N probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Morc2a
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00543:Morc2a APN 11 3,630,283 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL00914:Morc2a APN 11 3,618,844 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL01081:Morc2a APN 11 3,638,149 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01092:Morc2a APN 11 3,634,042 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL01292:Morc2a APN 11 3,638,175 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01326:Morc2a APN 11 3,631,775 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
IGL01526:Morc2a APN 11 3,600,428 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL01651:Morc2a APN 11 3,608,727 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL02860:Morc2a APN 11 3,611,821 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL03372:Morc2a APN 11 3,631,813 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0136:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,907 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R0279:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,989 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R0556:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,631,809 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1084:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,600,454 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1148:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1148:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1341:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,216 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.80
R1460:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,794 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1493:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,557 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1665:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1668:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1669:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,885 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1812:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,831 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2132:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,787 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R2133:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,302 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2200:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,919 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2698:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,400 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3236:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,612 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3698:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,672 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R3743:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,700 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.46
R4119:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,868 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4898:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,626,664 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R5148:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,639,084 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5228:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,635,439 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R5395:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,638,232 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R5808:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,781 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5942:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,629,936 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6634:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,622,376 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R7056:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,925 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7537:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,566 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8014:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,627,419 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8143:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,537 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8144:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,634,039 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8711:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,630,013 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8714:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,625,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.13
R8736:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,631,737 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8857:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,627,484 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8885:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,584 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9457:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,626,184 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.36
R9711:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,600,381 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null 1.00
RF013:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,626,191 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ACTGCTCTGTGGATCAAGGAAGGAC -3'
(R):5'- TGCAGATCGGCAGAAGCACTTGAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TGGAATCCAGTGTCCTGAAC -3'
(R):5'- GAAGCACTTGACCACATCGG -3'
Posted On 2013-05-09