Incidental Mutation 'R7537:Morc2a'
ID 583671
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Morc2a
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000034543
Gene Name microrchidia 2A
Synonyms 8430403M08Rik, Zcwcc1
MMRRC Submission 045609-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R7537 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal Location 3599191-3640477 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation nonsense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 3633566 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamine to Stop codon at position 587 (Q587*)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000091087 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000093389] [ENSMUST00000096441]
AlphaFold Q69ZX6
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000093389
AA Change: Q587*
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091087
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: Q587*

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 null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000096441
AA Change: Q587*
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000094176
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: Q587*

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
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.4%
  • 20x: 97.9%
Validation Efficiency 100% (63/63)
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: 62 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca4 T C 3: 121,967,637 (GRCm39) L2229P possibly damaging Het
Acaca T A 11: 84,151,460 (GRCm39) M786K probably damaging Het
Acta2 G A 19: 34,229,931 (GRCm39) T8I probably benign Het
Adap1 T G 5: 139,278,928 (GRCm39) E117D possibly damaging Het
Ap5z1 T C 5: 142,463,053 (GRCm39) S746P probably benign Het
Appl2 A G 10: 83,453,292 (GRCm39) I208T possibly damaging Het
Astn1 A G 1: 158,332,956 (GRCm39) E346G possibly damaging Het
Astn1 G A 1: 158,495,208 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Atp23 T A 10: 126,704,594 (GRCm39) I180L unknown Het
Bean1 CT C 8: 104,908,664 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cdh23 A T 10: 60,220,724 (GRCm39) I1340N probably benign Het
Cdh8 G A 8: 99,825,517 (GRCm39) Q493* probably null Het
Ces1g T C 8: 94,046,455 (GRCm39) I357V probably benign Het
Ddx46 A G 13: 55,798,291 (GRCm39) D226G probably damaging Het
Eea1 C T 10: 95,830,767 (GRCm39) Q143* probably null Het
Erlin2 G T 8: 27,521,800 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Fat3 T A 9: 15,849,615 (GRCm39) D3929V probably damaging Het
Flt3 T C 5: 147,271,247 (GRCm39) D898G probably damaging Het
Gm16519 A G 17: 71,236,351 (GRCm39) N100S probably benign Het
Gnl1 A G 17: 36,299,428 (GRCm39) H533R probably damaging Het
Gphn A G 12: 78,551,454 (GRCm39) T301A possibly damaging Het
Herc2 C T 7: 55,869,527 (GRCm39) R4295* probably null Het
Insm2 T C 12: 55,646,303 (GRCm39) S16P possibly damaging Het
Jak2 C T 19: 29,276,037 (GRCm39) T778I probably benign Het
Lrriq3 A G 3: 154,806,734 (GRCm39) T128A probably damaging Het
Lst1 A G 17: 35,405,920 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Magi1 G T 6: 93,685,091 (GRCm39) Y762* probably null Het
Man2b1 T A 8: 85,817,594 (GRCm39) C358* probably null Het
Mga T C 2: 119,766,032 (GRCm39) V1432A probably damaging Het
Mmp1a TG TGG 9: 7,465,083 (GRCm38) probably null Het
Mrc2 T C 11: 105,183,623 (GRCm39) I4T probably benign Het
Muc16 C A 9: 18,549,431 (GRCm39) V5621F probably benign Het
Myl10 G C 5: 136,726,825 (GRCm39) V70L probably benign Het
Myo3b A G 2: 70,047,513 (GRCm39) R340G probably benign Het
Nipal3 T C 4: 135,218,248 (GRCm39) Y34C probably damaging Het
Nktr T A 9: 121,578,345 (GRCm39) D804E unknown Het
Nlrp4b A G 7: 10,448,816 (GRCm39) M340V probably benign Het
Or1e26 T A 11: 73,480,094 (GRCm39) T157S probably benign Het
Or2ag2b G A 7: 106,417,581 (GRCm39) C97Y probably damaging Het
Or56a41 A T 7: 104,741,978 (GRCm39) M16K probably benign Het
Or5al5 A G 2: 85,961,608 (GRCm39) V133A probably benign Het
Pard3 T A 8: 128,337,063 (GRCm39) N1271K probably damaging Het
Pcdhb11 A T 18: 37,554,672 (GRCm39) M1L possibly damaging Het
Pclo T C 5: 14,732,118 (GRCm39) V3540A unknown Het
Pemt A G 11: 59,867,670 (GRCm39) F154S probably damaging Het
Ptpn18 G A 1: 34,512,445 (GRCm39) D417N possibly damaging Het
Rnpc3 G T 3: 113,407,481 (GRCm39) T376K probably benign Het
Rpe65 A G 3: 159,310,246 (GRCm39) Y143C probably damaging Het
Sbk2 T C 7: 4,966,148 (GRCm39) E12G probably benign Het
Slc2a5 T C 4: 150,213,526 (GRCm39) I106T possibly damaging Het
Snx13 A G 12: 35,135,981 (GRCm39) D92G probably damaging Het
Sorl1 C T 9: 41,891,984 (GRCm39) V1889I probably benign Het
Spag17 A T 3: 99,846,563 (GRCm39) N29I possibly damaging Het
Speg T C 1: 75,378,108 (GRCm39) V878A probably damaging Het
Timp4 A G 6: 115,227,421 (GRCm39) S53P probably damaging Het
Tssk1 G T 16: 17,712,948 (GRCm39) E244D probably benign Het
Usp29 A C 7: 6,964,219 (GRCm39) T21P possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r85 A T 10: 130,258,735 (GRCm39) V440E probably benign Het
Wdr59 T C 8: 112,217,001 (GRCm39) D270G Het
Zbbx G A 3: 74,992,826 (GRCm39) P223S probably damaging Het
Zfp936 T A 7: 42,839,239 (GRCm39) C235* probably null Het
Zranb3 A T 1: 127,960,584 (GRCm39) probably null 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
R0267:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,628,567 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
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
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'- CAGTGTCTCAGTTGATGAATCAGTC -3'
(R):5'- AGCATTCTTGATCACCGCAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TGAATCAGTCAATCACATAGGTACC -3'
(R):5'- CGCAGGTAAAGGAGGTGACC -3'
Posted On 2019-10-17