Incidental Mutation 'H8786:Gfra2'
ID 44469
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
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.242) question?
Stock # H8786 (G3) of strain 617
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 14
Chromosomal Location 71127560-71217278 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 71215818 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Methionine at position 169 (T169M)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000153937 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000022699] [ENSMUST00000227633] [ENSMUST00000227697]
AlphaFold O08842
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000022699
AA Change: T426M

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.444 (Sensitivity: 0.89; Specificity: 0.90)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000022699
Gene: ENSMUSG00000022103
AA Change: T426M

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 possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000227633
AA Change: T169M

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.944 (Sensitivity: 0.80; Specificity: 0.95)
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000227697
AA Change: T293M

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.154 (Sensitivity: 0.92; Specificity: 0.87)
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0602 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.7%
  • 3x: 99.0%
  • 10x: 97.4%
  • 20x: 95.3%
Validation Efficiency
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: 56 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
4921504E06Rik A G 2: 19,498,905 (GRCm39) Y363H probably benign Het
4933402N03Rik T A 7: 130,740,906 (GRCm39) R103S probably damaging Het
Aars1 A G 8: 111,772,187 (GRCm39) D459G probably benign Het
Adam25 A T 8: 41,207,261 (GRCm39) M176L probably benign Het
Adcy5 A G 16: 35,087,551 (GRCm39) I471V probably damaging Het
Ano8 A T 8: 71,931,388 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Arhgef28 T A 13: 98,083,461 (GRCm39) Q1136L probably damaging Het
Atp13a3 A T 16: 30,178,543 (GRCm39) C164* probably null Het
Avl9 G A 6: 56,734,295 (GRCm39) A625T probably damaging Het
Avpr1a A T 10: 122,285,373 (GRCm39) M222L probably benign Het
B4galnt4 A T 7: 140,651,235 (GRCm39) M939L probably damaging Het
B4galt6 A G 18: 20,822,001 (GRCm39) F331S probably benign Het
C2cd2 G T 16: 97,680,840 (GRCm39) Q325K possibly damaging Het
Caml T G 13: 55,776,409 (GRCm39) L216R probably damaging Het
Cd200r4 A G 16: 44,653,736 (GRCm39) T132A possibly damaging Het
Ces1h A C 8: 94,089,550 (GRCm39) V283G probably damaging Het
Clptm1 A T 7: 19,369,629 (GRCm39) V427D possibly damaging Het
Drd1 T A 13: 54,207,122 (GRCm39) N357I possibly damaging Het
Foxq1 C G 13: 31,743,441 (GRCm39) S181W probably damaging Het
Gm42542 T C 6: 68,872,634 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Hoxa13 CGG CGNGG 6: 52,260,636 (GRCm38) probably null Het
Hsd11b1 C A 1: 192,922,560 (GRCm39) A166S probably benign Het
Kcnab3 T A 11: 69,219,093 (GRCm39) F101L probably damaging Het
Klf6 C A 13: 5,911,790 (GRCm39) H51Q probably damaging Het
Krtap4-8 G A 11: 99,670,898 (GRCm39) P191L unknown Het
Lrrk2 T A 15: 91,557,561 (GRCm39) N26K probably benign Het
Mrgprd T C 7: 144,876,004 (GRCm39) S292P probably benign Het
Ms4a8a A G 19: 11,053,725 (GRCm39) I127T possibly damaging Het
Myo7a T G 7: 97,744,985 (GRCm39) N280T possibly damaging Het
Nipal4 A G 11: 46,041,304 (GRCm39) F297S probably damaging Het
Npas1 A G 7: 16,195,275 (GRCm39) I351T possibly damaging Het
Or12k7 A G 2: 36,958,341 (GRCm39) E8G probably benign Het
Or4a72 C A 2: 89,405,623 (GRCm39) G149V probably damaging Het
Or9e1 A T 11: 58,732,146 (GRCm39) I69F probably benign Het
Parp11 A G 6: 127,448,598 (GRCm39) T72A probably damaging Het
Pik3c3 T C 18: 30,427,396 (GRCm39) V300A probably damaging Het
Pik3cb T C 9: 98,928,612 (GRCm39) E881G possibly damaging Het
Polr2h T A 16: 20,539,281 (GRCm39) L57* probably null Het
Rela T A 19: 5,697,046 (GRCm39) S418T probably benign Het
Rptn A G 3: 93,305,180 (GRCm39) T838A possibly damaging Het
Sez6l2 T A 7: 126,560,955 (GRCm39) N413K possibly damaging Het
Slc6a2 A G 8: 93,721,268 (GRCm39) I466V probably benign Het
Slco4c1 A T 1: 96,768,876 (GRCm39) C329S probably damaging Het
Sppl2c A G 11: 104,077,691 (GRCm39) M164V probably benign Het
Spta1 G A 1: 174,007,405 (GRCm39) V212M probably damaging Het
Sqor A C 2: 122,634,288 (GRCm39) I142L probably benign Het
Suco T C 1: 161,680,420 (GRCm39) E317G probably damaging Het
Tlk2 T A 11: 105,145,805 (GRCm39) I337N possibly damaging Het
Tln1 A T 4: 43,544,589 (GRCm39) N1113K probably damaging Het
Tmc2 A G 2: 130,068,182 (GRCm39) Y234C probably damaging Het
Tmem167 A C 13: 90,246,585 (GRCm39) K36N probably damaging Het
Trim72 T C 7: 127,603,963 (GRCm39) L103P probably damaging Het
Tut4 T C 4: 108,408,012 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Urb1 T A 16: 90,566,357 (GRCm39) M1477L probably benign Het
Vwa2 T A 19: 56,898,164 (GRCm39) M721K possibly damaging Het
Zfp143 T G 7: 109,693,575 (GRCm39) D636E probably 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
R0423:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,133,521 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4120:Gfra2 UTSW 14 71,203,715 (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'- TGCCCAGTTACCCATAGATACAGCC -3'
(R):5'- CTGGTCCAGAGAGAAAACACCAGTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATAGATACAGCCCTGTCCTCGG -3'
(R):5'- gagagagagagagagagagagagag -3'
Posted On 2013-06-11