Incidental Mutation 'R7883:Taf4'
ID 608862
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Taf4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000039117
Gene Name TATA-box binding protein associated factor 4
Synonyms TAFII130, Taf2c1, TAFII135, Taf4a
MMRRC Submission 045935-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R7883 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 2
Chromosomal Location 179553945-179618439 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 179571088 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Leucine to Methionine at position 742 (L742M)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000038610 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000041618] [ENSMUST00000227325]
AlphaFold E9QAP7
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000041618
AA Change: L742M

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.998 (Sensitivity: 0.27; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000038610
Gene: ENSMUSG00000039117
AA Change: L742M

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 28 44 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 64 181 N/A INTRINSIC
SCOP:d1hqva_ 312 325 6e-3 SMART
low complexity region 339 371 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 395 408 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 428 443 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 445 458 N/A INTRINSIC
internal_repeat_1 465 500 2.85e-5 PROSPERO
low complexity region 537 547 N/A INTRINSIC
TAFH 550 642 4.9e-54 SMART
internal_repeat_1 692 727 2.85e-5 PROSPERO
low complexity region 767 773 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:TAF4 791 1039 3.5e-81 PFAM
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000227325
AA Change: L730M

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.997 (Sensitivity: 0.41; Specificity: 0.98)
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 100.0%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.2%
Validation Efficiency 99% (79/80)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] Initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II requires the activities of more than 70 polypeptides. The protein that coordinates these activities is transcription factor IID (TFIID), which binds to the core promoter to position the polymerase properly, serves as the scaffold for assembly of the remainder of the transcription complex, and acts as a channel for regulatory signals. TFIID is composed of the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and a group of evolutionarily conserved proteins known as TBP-associated factors or TAFs. TAFs may participate in basal transcription, serve as coactivators, function in promoter recognition or modify general transcription factors (GTFs) to facilitate complex assembly and transcription initiation. This gene encodes one of the larger subunits of TFIID that has been shown to potentiate transcriptional activation by retinoic acid, thyroid hormone and vitamin D3 receptors. In addition, this subunit interacts with the transcription factor CREB, which has a glutamine-rich activation domain, and binds to other proteins containing glutamine-rich regions. Aberrant binding to this subunit by proteins with expanded polyglutamine regions has been suggested as one of the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying a group of neurodegenerative disorders referred to as polyglutamine diseases. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for deletions of this marker die embryonically sometime around E9.5. Conditional expression of this allele in the epidermis causes skin barrier defects and defects in hair growth. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 80 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1110065P20Rik A T 4: 124,744,440 (GRCm39) W5R unknown Het
Abcb6 A T 1: 75,154,660 (GRCm39) S258R possibly damaging Het
Abcc10 A G 17: 46,618,027 (GRCm39) V1082A probably benign Het
Adrb2 A G 18: 62,312,447 (GRCm39) V126A probably damaging Het
Apol11a A G 15: 77,400,774 (GRCm39) E87G probably damaging Het
Arhgap45 T A 10: 79,863,423 (GRCm39) C755* probably null Het
Arl13b A T 16: 62,647,629 (GRCm39) I93K probably damaging Het
Aspm A G 1: 139,406,405 (GRCm39) K1764R possibly damaging Het
Atp8b5 A G 4: 43,342,471 (GRCm39) I381V probably damaging Het
Atxn2 A G 5: 121,940,180 (GRCm39) H985R possibly damaging Het
Bms1 G T 6: 118,365,735 (GRCm39) N1150K probably benign Het
C1ra G A 6: 124,494,684 (GRCm39) E316K probably benign Het
Camta2 T C 11: 70,566,037 (GRCm39) D749G probably damaging Het
Cd300ld2 CGAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGGCACAACTGTGCATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGGCACAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGG CGAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGTCAGAACTGTGGATGGCACAACTGTGCATGGCAGAACTGTGGATGGCACAACTGTGGATGGCAGAACTGTGG 11: 114,903,257 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cep152 G A 2: 125,454,978 (GRCm39) A274V possibly damaging Het
Chd7 A G 4: 8,826,504 (GRCm39) N956S probably damaging Het
Cpt1c A T 7: 44,613,438 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cttn C T 7: 143,999,555 (GRCm39) V338I probably benign Het
Dab2ip G A 2: 35,610,218 (GRCm39) G811D possibly damaging Het
Dmtf1 T C 5: 9,190,397 (GRCm39) T106A probably benign Het
Dync2h1 T C 9: 7,005,566 (GRCm39) E3768G possibly damaging Het
Exoc1 T A 5: 76,709,229 (GRCm39) D612E probably damaging Het
Fat2 T C 11: 55,144,190 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Fat4 G A 3: 39,035,968 (GRCm39) E3207K probably damaging Het
Fbxw18 A G 9: 109,517,474 (GRCm39) Y410H probably damaging Het
Fgfr3 T A 5: 33,891,235 (GRCm39) S518T probably damaging Het
Fzr1 G A 10: 81,204,469 (GRCm39) T377M probably damaging Het
Gcnt3 T A 9: 69,941,453 (GRCm39) I372F probably damaging Het
Gm10577 A T 4: 100,877,719 (GRCm39) Y59N unknown Het
Gm826 A G 2: 160,169,213 (GRCm39) L32P unknown Het
Grid1 T G 14: 35,172,259 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Hid1 T A 11: 115,245,435 (GRCm39) T457S probably damaging Het
Hsd3b5 A G 3: 98,529,456 (GRCm39) V58A probably benign Het
Iqcj A G 3: 67,954,641 (GRCm39) K49E probably damaging Het
Itpk1 A G 12: 102,572,434 (GRCm39) V93A probably benign Het
Kcnt2 A G 1: 140,450,888 (GRCm39) I722M probably damaging Het
Klhl36 T C 8: 120,601,217 (GRCm39) V412A possibly damaging Het
Krt18 G A 15: 101,936,885 (GRCm39) V58M possibly damaging Het
Lats2 T C 14: 57,934,657 (GRCm39) Y691C probably damaging Het
Lrp1b A T 2: 40,555,141 (GRCm39) I4095N Het
Map1a A G 2: 121,135,853 (GRCm39) E2223G probably damaging Het
Med25 A G 7: 44,541,232 (GRCm39) F94L possibly damaging Het
Mertk A G 2: 128,618,265 (GRCm39) I499V probably benign Het
Mrps12 A G 7: 28,439,568 (GRCm39) L49P probably benign Het
Nwd1 T A 8: 73,393,754 (GRCm39) V339D probably damaging Het
Obscn G A 11: 58,960,835 (GRCm39) Q3159* probably null Het
Patj G A 4: 98,499,372 (GRCm39) V1349I probably benign Het
Pcdha8 T A 18: 37,126,196 (GRCm39) V226D probably damaging Het
Pdgfd T A 9: 6,293,939 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Pdzd7 A C 19: 45,018,679 (GRCm39) I600S probably damaging Het
Pgpep1l G A 7: 67,888,897 (GRCm39) R45* probably null Het
Pik3c3 T C 18: 30,407,416 (GRCm39) S55P probably benign Het
Pkhd1l1 A T 15: 44,392,522 (GRCm39) D1619V probably damaging Het
Pkp1 A G 1: 135,812,641 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ppan T A 9: 20,802,777 (GRCm39) I311N probably benign Het
Ppih C A 4: 119,167,987 (GRCm39) G175W probably damaging Het
Ppp1r8 G T 4: 132,562,026 (GRCm39) Q65K probably damaging Het
Psmd5 T A 2: 34,746,524 (GRCm39) K351M possibly damaging Het
Pth1r T C 9: 110,560,626 (GRCm39) K53R probably benign Het
Ptprn A T 1: 75,239,007 (GRCm39) F9L probably damaging Het
Rgl3 T C 9: 21,892,723 (GRCm39) I288V probably benign Het
Sds A G 5: 120,617,278 (GRCm39) I45V possibly damaging Het
Sfxn4 A T 19: 60,847,187 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Sis A T 3: 72,828,329 (GRCm39) C1220S possibly damaging Het
Slc22a16 T G 10: 40,479,660 (GRCm39) D577E probably benign Het
Slc25a10 T A 11: 120,385,340 (GRCm39) M43K possibly damaging Het
Smpd1 T C 7: 105,206,192 (GRCm39) I440T probably damaging Het
Spata6l A C 19: 28,906,013 (GRCm39) S297A probably benign Het
St6galnac6 A G 2: 32,504,941 (GRCm39) N151S probably benign Het
Tctn1 A G 5: 122,402,375 (GRCm39) S20P possibly damaging Het
Tkfc A T 19: 10,572,394 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tmem270 A G 5: 134,931,681 (GRCm39) V87A possibly damaging Het
Tpo T C 12: 30,153,169 (GRCm39) H395R probably damaging Het
Tufm T C 7: 126,088,114 (GRCm39) F206L possibly damaging Het
Tulp2 A G 7: 45,166,188 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tulp3 G A 6: 128,303,807 (GRCm39) T264M probably damaging Het
Uqcrc2 A G 7: 120,244,440 (GRCm39) D194G possibly damaging Het
Vill C A 9: 118,894,589 (GRCm39) C415* probably null Het
Zfp799 A G 17: 33,039,256 (GRCm39) C337R probably damaging Het
Zhx2 A G 15: 57,685,270 (GRCm39) E213G possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Taf4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00334:Taf4 APN 2 179,618,418 (GRCm39) missense unknown
IGL00517:Taf4 APN 2 179,566,206 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02159:Taf4 APN 2 179,580,263 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.24
IGL02254:Taf4 APN 2 179,562,977 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
IGL03366:Taf4 APN 2 179,576,847 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0049:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,565,884 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R0049:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,565,884 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R1267:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,571,117 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.46
R1495:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,574,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1560:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,577,746 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.14
R1756:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,618,324 (GRCm39) missense unknown
R1893:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,574,823 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R1932:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2213:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,577,683 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R3896:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,807 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
R4050:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,805 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4448:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,577,764 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.65
R4736:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,566,287 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5124:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6155:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,555,317 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6238:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,832 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R6292:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,565,780 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7749:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7751:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7752:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7754:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7835:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7879:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7880:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,577,726 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7880:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7899:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7902:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7905:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,573,822 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9743:Taf4 UTSW 2 179,581,592 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ACGTTGACAAGGGTAATGGC -3'
(R):5'- TAGCGCCAATGAAGCAAATAGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GGGTAATGGCTTGCACAAACCTC -3'
(R):5'- CAAATAGCTGGCTTCATGGGTCAG -3'
Posted On 2019-12-20