Incidental Mutation 'R7300:Spag4'
ID 566913
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Spag4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000038180
Gene Name sperm associated antigen 4
Synonyms Sun4, 1700041K21Rik
MMRRC Submission 045404-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R7300 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 2
Chromosomal Location 155907108-155911421 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 155907541 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Histidine to Leucine at position 87 (H87L)
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: H87L

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.064 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.84)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000036484
Gene: ENSMUSG00000038180
AA Change: H87L

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
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000137966
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000118715
Gene: ENSMUSG00000038180

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 possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000138178
AA Change: H62L

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.663 (Sensitivity: 0.86; Specificity: 0.91)
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1459 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 100.0%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.1%
Validation Efficiency 94% (45/48)
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: 47 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Actmap G A 7: 26,900,548 (GRCm39) A176T probably damaging Het
Adgrd1 T C 5: 129,174,411 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Atr T C 9: 95,747,423 (GRCm39) I235T probably benign Het
Bpifb5 A G 2: 154,070,066 (GRCm39) E172G possibly damaging Het
Btbd2 A T 10: 80,480,100 (GRCm39) I420N probably damaging Het
Ccdc141 G A 2: 76,845,038 (GRCm39) T1343I probably benign Het
Cd59b A T 2: 103,914,795 (GRCm39) K64N possibly damaging Het
Cd63 A G 10: 128,748,034 (GRCm39) N144S probably benign Het
Cip2a A G 16: 48,834,217 (GRCm39) K631E probably damaging Het
Col4a4 C T 1: 82,464,361 (GRCm39) R989Q unknown Het
Cyp4a31 A G 4: 115,427,468 (GRCm39) T225A probably benign Het
Dnah1 T G 14: 30,991,798 (GRCm39) E3068A probably benign Het
Fpgt C T 3: 154,792,612 (GRCm39) V472I probably damaging Het
Gm4779 TCGGGGCCGGGGCCGGGGCCG TCGGGGCCGGGGCCGGGGCCGGGGCCG X: 100,837,777 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Homer3 T C 8: 70,737,953 (GRCm39) M1T probably null Het
Ighv1-4 T C 12: 114,450,908 (GRCm39) I67V probably benign Het
Il17ra A G 6: 120,459,063 (GRCm39) D738G probably benign Het
Il2ra A G 2: 11,681,721 (GRCm39) T109A not run Het
Itgb6 T C 2: 60,435,650 (GRCm39) D700G probably benign Het
Krt31 T C 11: 99,938,612 (GRCm39) E327G probably damaging Het
Large1 A C 8: 73,564,224 (GRCm39) L514R probably damaging Het
Map3k8 C T 18: 4,349,076 (GRCm39) V81M probably damaging Het
Mstn T C 1: 53,103,239 (GRCm39) S192P probably benign Het
Olfml3 T C 3: 103,643,176 (GRCm39) K402E probably damaging Het
Or13a27 A T 7: 139,925,268 (GRCm39) N211K probably damaging Het
Or2n1c A C 17: 38,519,588 (GRCm39) T151P possibly damaging Het
Or2y1c C T 11: 49,361,473 (GRCm39) T165I probably benign Het
Or52i2 A G 7: 102,319,417 (GRCm39) S97G probably benign Het
Or7g17 T C 9: 18,768,530 (GRCm39) I194T not run Het
Or8k25 T C 2: 86,244,330 (GRCm39) E22G probably null Het
Pde4a T C 9: 21,117,618 (GRCm39) S627P probably damaging Het
Pdxdc1 A G 16: 13,697,374 (GRCm39) I102T probably damaging Het
Phldb2 A G 16: 45,645,925 (GRCm39) S174P probably damaging Het
Pla2g4e C T 2: 120,021,680 (GRCm39) V143I probably damaging Het
Pou4f2 C T 8: 79,162,735 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ppl C T 16: 4,920,235 (GRCm39) V387M possibly damaging Het
Pramel43 A T 5: 94,760,655 (GRCm39) D340E probably benign Het
Rarg A T 15: 102,160,852 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ryr1 T C 7: 28,758,936 (GRCm39) Y3414C probably damaging Het
Serpinb8 T A 1: 107,535,053 (GRCm39) *375K probably null Het
Sim1 C T 10: 50,785,614 (GRCm39) H228Y probably benign Het
Ttc17 A T 2: 94,205,479 (GRCm39) L289Q probably damaging Het
Ubac2 T C 14: 122,142,586 (GRCm39) L28P probably damaging Het
Vmn2r31 C A 7: 7,387,775 (GRCm39) A599S possibly damaging Het
Vps13c T C 9: 67,847,826 (GRCm39) V2196A probably benign Het
Zswim5 A T 4: 116,833,102 (GRCm39) I612F probably damaging Het
Zzef1 T A 11: 72,765,830 (GRCm39) H1452Q 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
R7138:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,908,519 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
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'- AATAGTTCCCACAGCGCGAC -3'
(R):5'- GTCTCAATCAGTGGAAACCGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CTTCGGGGGACAGCAATG -3'
(R):5'- CCAGGCACAGGATTTCCTC -3'
Posted On 2019-06-26