Incidental Mutation 'R7675:Casp8'
ID 592405
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Casp8
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000026029
Gene Name caspase 8
Synonyms MACH, Caspase-8, Mch5, FLICE
MMRRC Submission 045706-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R7675 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 1
Chromosomal Location 58834533-58886662 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 58863106 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Aspartic acid to Glycine at position 2 (D2G)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000027189 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000027189] [ENSMUST00000165549] [ENSMUST00000190213] [ENSMUST00000191201]
AlphaFold O89110
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000027189
AA Change: D2G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.693 (Sensitivity: 0.86; Specificity: 0.92)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000027189
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026029
AA Change: D2G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
DED 1 80 3.21e-23 SMART
DED 99 178 1.01e-15 SMART
CASc 227 480 2.13e-110 SMART
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000165549
AA Change: D2G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.693 (Sensitivity: 0.86; Specificity: 0.92)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000127375
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026029
AA Change: D2G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
DED 1 80 3.21e-23 SMART
DED 99 178 1.01e-15 SMART
CASc 227 480 2.13e-110 SMART
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000190213
AA Change: D22G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.922 (Sensitivity: 0.81; Specificity: 0.94)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140335
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026029
AA Change: D22G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
DED 21 100 1.5e-25 SMART
DED 119 198 5e-18 SMART
CASc 247 500 1.1e-112 SMART
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000191201
AA Change: D22G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.922 (Sensitivity: 0.81; Specificity: 0.94)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140546
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026029
AA Change: D22G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
DED 21 100 1.5e-25 SMART
DED 119 198 5e-18 SMART
CASc 247 500 1.1e-112 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1973 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.0%
Validation Efficiency 97% (28/29)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: This gene is part of a family of caspases, aspartate-specific cysteine proteases well studied for their involvement in immune and apoptosis signaling. This protein, an initiator of apoptotic cell death, is activated by death-inducing tumor necrosis family receptors and targets downstream effectors. In mouse deficiency of this gene can cause embryonic lethality. This protein may have a role in embryogenesis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode different protein isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2013]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit impaired cardiac muscle development, cardiac erythrocyte congestion, low numbers of colony-forming cells, and prenatal lethality. T-cell restricted knockout mice are viable, but immunodeficient. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 31 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
2010109A12Rik T C 5: 93,361,233 (GRCm39) S96P unknown Het
Acaca A G 11: 84,206,742 (GRCm39) E1534G probably benign Het
Adam7 A T 14: 68,737,302 (GRCm39) D773E probably benign Het
Cacna1s T A 1: 136,038,612 (GRCm39) I1398N probably damaging Het
Calu C T 6: 29,356,516 (GRCm39) T14I probably benign Het
Cldn1 T C 16: 26,190,261 (GRCm39) N39S probably benign Het
Clspn T C 4: 126,460,113 (GRCm39) S447P probably benign Het
Eef2k A G 7: 120,457,727 (GRCm39) T29A probably benign Het
Gm5519 G C 19: 33,802,428 (GRCm39) G157A probably benign Het
Gucy2c A G 6: 136,693,030 (GRCm39) V723A possibly damaging Het
Ighv1-69 A T 12: 115,587,209 (GRCm39) W3R probably damaging Het
Inava G T 1: 136,143,741 (GRCm39) A565E probably benign Het
Krtap16-1 A G 11: 99,876,259 (GRCm39) C382R possibly damaging Het
Lrrc8a G A 2: 30,145,680 (GRCm39) D165N probably damaging Het
Mideas G T 12: 84,220,574 (GRCm39) P127T probably damaging Het
Naaladl2 T A 3: 24,605,816 (GRCm39) M148L probably benign Het
Nphp3 A T 9: 103,893,287 (GRCm39) E424D probably benign Het
Prpf40a T C 2: 53,035,648 (GRCm39) K714R possibly damaging Het
Ptpn23 A T 9: 110,216,094 (GRCm39) L1254* probably null Het
Sap30l A G 11: 57,700,867 (GRCm39) K174E probably damaging Het
Serpinb9d C T 13: 33,386,759 (GRCm39) Q276* probably null Het
Sp140l2 C T 1: 85,224,736 (GRCm39) M266I probably benign Het
Spata31f3 TCATTCAACACTTTGGAGAGCTCTGAACTCTGGCCATTCAACACTTTGGAGAGCTCTGAACTCTGGCCATTCAACACTTTGGAGAGCTCTGAACTCTGGTCATTCAACACTTTGG TCATTCAACACTTTGGAGAGCTCTGAACTCTGGCCATTCAACACTTTGGAGAGCTCTGAACTCTGGTCATTCAACACTTTGG 4: 42,871,823 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Tex14 A G 11: 87,400,504 (GRCm39) D432G probably damaging Het
Tmsb10b A T 7: 24,561,784 (GRCm39) T28S probably benign Het
Unc119 G A 11: 78,234,423 (GRCm39) G11R probably damaging Het
Usp36 A G 11: 118,154,522 (GRCm39) V965A probably benign Het
Vmn2r4 A T 3: 64,322,657 (GRCm39) Y21N probably benign Het
Zbtb38 G T 9: 96,567,594 (GRCm39) D1163E probably benign Het
Zfp62 A G 11: 49,106,847 (GRCm39) I313V possibly damaging Het
Zfp980 C T 4: 145,428,164 (GRCm39) Q298* probably null Het
Other mutations in Casp8
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00684:Casp8 APN 1 58,866,473 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL00825:Casp8 APN 1 58,868,165 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
IGL02025:Casp8 APN 1 58,863,306 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
IGL02549:Casp8 APN 1 58,872,925 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
amontillado UTSW 1 58,883,929 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Porto UTSW 1 58,872,857 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
IGL02991:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,866,438 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0609:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,951 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0960:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,868,172 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1433:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,863,283 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1505:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,868,081 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1506:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,863,355 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R1596:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,870,833 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1674:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,575 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1676:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,575 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1981:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,868,121 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R3909:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,970 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3911:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,872,864 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4231:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,929 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4233:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,929 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4234:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,929 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4235:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,872,857 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R4236:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,929 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4917:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,866,377 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4918:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,866,377 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5063:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,533 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5092:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,835 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.53
R5153:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,884,004 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5964:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,872,895 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.62
R5979:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,868,071 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7602:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,872,898 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.43
R8272:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,872,901 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
R8714:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,872,812 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.57
R8747:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,617 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9279:Casp8 UTSW 1 58,883,542 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.20
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CTTCCGAGAATCAGGAACTTCC -3'
(R):5'- GTGGAAAAGCAGCTCTTTCAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GGAACTTCCTGTTTTGTTTCCTG -3'
(R):5'- TTCAGGAAAGACAGATTGCCTTCCTC -3'
Posted On 2019-11-12