Incidental Mutation 'R7138:Spag4'
ID 553172
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Spag4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000038180
Gene Name sperm associated antigen 4
Synonyms Sun4, 1700041K21Rik
MMRRC Submission 045249-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R7138 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 2
Chromosomal Location 155907108-155911421 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 155908519 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Serine to Threonine at position 150 (S150T)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000036484 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000038860] [ENSMUST00000137966] [ENSMUST00000138178]
AlphaFold Q9JJF2
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000038860
AA Change: S150T

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.005 (Sensitivity: 0.97; Specificity: 0.74)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000036484
Gene: ENSMUSG00000038180
AA Change: S150T

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 2 13 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 19 37 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 137 159 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 166 188 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 214 222 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Sad1_UNC 293 426 1.9e-44 PFAM
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000131144
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000137966
AA Change: S56T

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.036 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.82)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000118715
Gene: ENSMUSG00000038180
AA Change: S56T

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
transmembrane domain 43 65 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 72 94 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 112 147 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000138178
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.1%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The mammalian sperm flagellum contains two cytoskeletal structures associated with the axoneme: the outer dense fibers surrounding the axoneme in the midpiece and principal piece and the fibrous sheath surrounding the outer dense fibers in the principal piece of the tail. Defects in these structures are associated with abnormal tail morphology, reduced sperm motility, and infertility. In the rat, the protein encoded by this gene associates with an outer dense fiber protein via a leucine zipper motif and localizes to the microtubules of the manchette and axoneme during sperm tail development. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele show disrupted spermiogenesis, severe defects in sperm head formation, abnormal manchette morphology, globozoospermia, and male infertility. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 75 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca4 T A 3: 121,899,113 (GRCm39) C698* probably null Het
Acacb G A 5: 114,345,387 (GRCm39) V947M probably benign Het
Acadsb T G 7: 131,042,968 (GRCm39) L343R probably damaging Het
Adgrf2 C T 17: 43,021,874 (GRCm39) E317K probably damaging Het
Agap2 A G 10: 126,923,154 (GRCm39) T663A unknown Het
Akap8 A T 17: 32,535,515 (GRCm39) F166L possibly damaging Het
Ankrd17 A T 5: 90,390,836 (GRCm39) M2278K probably benign Het
Avl9 T C 6: 56,705,242 (GRCm39) S148P probably damaging Het
Brf1 T C 12: 112,933,835 (GRCm39) E266G probably damaging Het
Cabin1 T C 10: 75,581,187 (GRCm39) K380E probably damaging Het
Catsper2 T C 2: 121,227,544 (GRCm39) D542G possibly damaging Het
Cbln4 C A 2: 171,884,095 (GRCm39) D42Y probably damaging Het
Ccn6 T A 10: 39,034,473 (GRCm39) Q43L possibly damaging Het
Cd5 C T 19: 10,697,668 (GRCm39) R437Q probably damaging Het
Ceacam18 G C 7: 43,288,706 (GRCm39) E152D possibly damaging Het
Chd8 A G 14: 52,451,955 (GRCm39) S1347P possibly damaging Het
Chodl T G 16: 78,738,335 (GRCm39) I101R probably damaging Het
Clk4 T G 11: 51,168,759 (GRCm39) F377L probably damaging Het
Cntnap3 C T 13: 64,929,539 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dab2 A G 15: 6,458,780 (GRCm39) S231G probably benign Het
Disp2 T A 2: 118,617,361 (GRCm39) H118Q probably benign Het
Dnah10 T C 5: 124,900,009 (GRCm39) F3869S probably damaging Het
Edil3 C T 13: 89,279,847 (GRCm39) T175I probably damaging Het
Eif1ad18 T G 12: 88,050,648 (GRCm39) I61R probably damaging Het
Fap A G 2: 62,372,522 (GRCm39) S319P probably benign Het
Frmpd2 T A 14: 33,293,761 (GRCm39) V1309E probably benign Het
Galntl5 T A 5: 25,394,842 (GRCm39) S70T probably benign Het
Gm5622 G T 14: 51,893,339 (GRCm39) E89* probably null Het
Gna15 G A 10: 81,343,881 (GRCm39) T260M probably damaging Het
Gucy2c A G 6: 136,705,342 (GRCm39) I531T probably damaging Het
Heatr5b A G 17: 79,135,417 (GRCm39) V238A probably damaging Het
Htr2a A G 14: 74,943,182 (GRCm39) Y254C probably damaging Het
Inpp5b A G 4: 124,679,065 (GRCm39) R491G probably damaging Het
Kcnt2 C T 1: 140,523,778 (GRCm39) L1093F possibly damaging Het
Kcp C A 6: 29,491,861 (GRCm39) E922* probably null Het
Lrp2 G A 2: 69,296,089 (GRCm39) A3340V possibly damaging Het
Lrrn1 T G 6: 107,545,336 (GRCm39) V378G probably damaging Het
Naip5 T A 13: 100,356,338 (GRCm39) E1092D probably benign Het
Net1 G A 13: 3,938,510 (GRCm39) R126C probably damaging Het
Nipsnap3a T C 4: 52,993,978 (GRCm39) C20R probably benign Het
Nxpe2 C T 9: 48,232,006 (GRCm39) C317Y probably damaging Het
Or10v9 T A 19: 11,832,652 (GRCm39) I222F probably damaging Het
Or52h1 T C 7: 103,829,504 (GRCm39) Y37C probably damaging Het
Or8b8 T C 9: 37,809,360 (GRCm39) I220T probably damaging Het
Or8g54 T G 9: 39,707,086 (GRCm39) Y138* probably null Het
Orm1 T A 4: 63,262,949 (GRCm39) W39R probably damaging Het
Pds5b A T 5: 150,724,142 (GRCm39) K1240* probably null Het
Pdss1 T A 2: 22,802,681 (GRCm39) H173Q probably damaging Het
Pebp1 A G 5: 117,423,882 (GRCm39) W84R probably damaging Het
Pla2g4e C T 2: 120,001,759 (GRCm39) C630Y probably damaging Het
Plaat3 T A 19: 7,556,550 (GRCm39) V117E probably damaging Het
Plekho2 G T 9: 65,463,635 (GRCm39) Q405K probably benign Het
Plppr2 T A 9: 21,855,708 (GRCm39) V227E probably damaging Het
Pphln1-ps1 T A 16: 13,495,589 (GRCm39) D229E probably benign Het
Rapgef4 T C 2: 72,028,707 (GRCm39) S393P probably damaging Het
Rapgefl1 A G 11: 98,737,900 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ripk3 C A 14: 56,025,803 (GRCm39) R19L probably benign Het
Rnase10 G T 14: 51,247,167 (GRCm39) V182F probably damaging Het
Rsf1 T A 7: 97,319,002 (GRCm39) S917R Het
Sephs2 T C 7: 126,872,187 (GRCm39) N302S possibly damaging Het
Slc13a2 C T 11: 78,289,950 (GRCm39) V455M possibly damaging Het
Slc30a2 A T 4: 134,071,429 (GRCm39) D54V probably benign Het
Slco6c1 T C 1: 97,047,706 (GRCm39) E199G possibly damaging Het
Snx27 A T 3: 94,436,247 (GRCm39) M256K probably benign Het
Spon1 T A 7: 113,635,945 (GRCm39) C720S probably damaging Het
Tbc1d22a T C 15: 86,123,356 (GRCm39) S166P probably benign Het
Tbc1d9 T C 8: 83,937,113 (GRCm39) I65T probably damaging Het
Tmem176a T A 6: 48,820,953 (GRCm39) V141D probably damaging Het
Tmem268 G A 4: 63,480,687 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Tonsl A G 15: 76,518,976 (GRCm39) V519A probably benign Het
Ttn G A 2: 76,612,376 (GRCm39) P17204S possibly damaging Het
Wrap53 T A 11: 69,454,694 (GRCm39) D225V probably benign Het
Zfhx4 G A 3: 5,477,107 (GRCm39) A3241T possibly damaging Het
Zfp1002 T C 2: 150,097,372 (GRCm39) H47R probably damaging Het
Znfx1 T C 2: 166,898,697 (GRCm39) R76G probably benign Het
Other mutations in Spag4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01409:Spag4 APN 2 155,911,252 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
IGL01843:Spag4 APN 2 155,910,417 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
IGL02200:Spag4 APN 2 155,908,517 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.14
IGL02506:Spag4 APN 2 155,911,142 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02570:Spag4 APN 2 155,910,364 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.60
IGL03302:Spag4 APN 2 155,910,340 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R0127:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,909,962 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0314:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,909,229 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R0441:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,909,899 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1699:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,342 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5270:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,853 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R5293:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,908,111 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R6092:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,696 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R7300:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,541 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R7898:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,911,244 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8756:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,908,493 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R9025:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,910,424 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ATTTCCCCAAACGACCCTTG -3'
(R):5'- GCAGATTTCCCTAAAGAACAGGAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AACGACCCTTGCCTCCTGAG -3'
(R):5'- AGTGGAAGCTGCTGCCTAG -3'
Posted On 2019-05-15