Incidental Mutation 'R8143:Morc2a'
ID 632650
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Morc2a
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000034543
Gene Name microrchidia 2A
Synonyms 8430403M08Rik, Zcwcc1
MMRRC Submission 067571-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R8143 (G1)
Quality Score 221.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal Location 3599191-3640477 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 3628537 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Valine to Alanine at position 330 (V330A)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000091087 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000093389] [ENSMUST00000096441]
AlphaFold Q69ZX6
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000093389
AA Change: V330A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.003 (Sensitivity: 0.98; Specificity: 0.44)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091087
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: V330A

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 benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000096441
AA Change: V330A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.003 (Sensitivity: 0.98; Specificity: 0.44)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000094176
Gene: ENSMUSG00000034543
AA Change: V330A

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: 99.7%
  • 3x: 99.4%
  • 10x: 97.3%
  • 20x: 85.9%
Validation Efficiency 100% (65/65)
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
4930402F06Rik C A 2: 35,265,884 (GRCm39) C262F probably damaging Het
Acss1 T C 2: 150,509,801 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Adamtsl1 T C 4: 86,260,492 (GRCm39) V909A possibly damaging Het
Adprh G A 16: 38,270,694 (GRCm39) T37M probably benign Het
Ak9 T A 10: 41,213,588 (GRCm39) Y264* probably null Het
Aox3 G T 1: 58,198,074 (GRCm39) A629S probably benign Het
Apcs G A 1: 172,721,900 (GRCm39) P149S probably damaging Het
Arnt T A 3: 95,377,294 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Asb13 G A 13: 3,692,065 (GRCm39) G15D probably damaging Het
Bltp1 T G 3: 37,000,657 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cacnb1 T G 11: 97,894,146 (GRCm39) T459P probably benign Het
Chrnb2 T C 3: 89,654,630 (GRCm39) T718A unknown Het
Cttn T A 7: 144,014,999 (GRCm39) K70* probably null Het
Cyp2f2 G A 7: 26,828,678 (GRCm39) V183I probably benign Het
Cyp39a1 T C 17: 44,036,517 (GRCm39) V349A probably benign Het
Ebf2 C A 14: 67,649,386 (GRCm39) Y430* probably null Het
Eef2 T C 10: 81,017,182 (GRCm39) Y730H probably damaging Het
Eif2ak2 G A 17: 79,165,961 (GRCm39) T412I probably benign Het
Flnc G C 6: 29,441,484 (GRCm39) R422P probably benign Het
Fryl G A 5: 73,207,682 (GRCm39) A2496V probably benign Het
Galnt6 A G 15: 100,614,088 (GRCm39) L71P probably damaging Het
Gm7579 C T 7: 141,766,163 (GRCm39) Q190* probably null Het
H2-T3 T A 17: 36,498,384 (GRCm39) R220S probably benign Het
Hmcn1 A G 1: 150,734,957 (GRCm39) V185A probably benign Het
Ifi208 T A 1: 173,510,242 (GRCm39) D132E possibly damaging Het
Itgb4 G A 11: 115,884,255 (GRCm39) V981I probably damaging Het
Itsn2 A G 12: 4,683,003 (GRCm39) T310A unknown Het
Kat5 A G 19: 5,657,577 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Kif22 A T 7: 126,632,397 (GRCm39) D304E probably damaging Het
Mapre3 A T 5: 31,020,719 (GRCm39) N147Y possibly damaging Het
Mylk G A 16: 34,734,525 (GRCm39) V709M possibly damaging Het
Myo3a T G 2: 22,287,476 (GRCm39) probably null Het
N4bp2l2 A T 5: 150,585,670 (GRCm39) D103E probably benign Het
Nckap1 T C 2: 80,336,530 (GRCm39) K1062R possibly damaging Het
Nol9 T C 4: 152,125,559 (GRCm39) V170A possibly damaging Het
Numa1 A G 7: 101,648,891 (GRCm39) Q874R possibly damaging Het
Olig3 T G 10: 19,232,732 (GRCm39) V119G probably damaging Het
Or7g34 A G 9: 19,478,587 (GRCm39) V31A probably benign Het
Osbpl9 A G 4: 108,922,906 (GRCm39) S485P probably benign Het
Otogl A G 10: 107,642,527 (GRCm39) F1301S probably damaging Het
Pank3 A G 11: 35,667,036 (GRCm39) Y51C probably damaging Het
Pex5l T C 3: 33,136,658 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Pgm1 G A 4: 99,824,415 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Psmd9 T G 5: 123,366,479 (GRCm39) I37S probably damaging Het
Qtrt2 A G 16: 43,692,117 (GRCm39) S135P probably damaging Het
Rexo5 T A 7: 119,433,484 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Rsrp1 T A 4: 134,654,319 (GRCm39) D286E probably benign Het
Scara3 C T 14: 66,169,269 (GRCm39) C116Y probably damaging Het
Serpina3b A T 12: 104,096,793 (GRCm39) T25S probably benign Het
Sh3pxd2a G A 19: 47,257,138 (GRCm39) P555S probably damaging Het
Slc1a2 T A 2: 102,568,230 (GRCm39) L89Q probably damaging Het
Tgm6 T A 2: 129,983,763 (GRCm39) N307K probably damaging Het
Tmem86b G T 7: 4,631,484 (GRCm39) D189E probably damaging Het
Trim65 G A 11: 116,017,287 (GRCm39) R392C probably benign Het
Trpc7 T C 13: 56,930,362 (GRCm39) T769A probably benign Het
Trrap T A 5: 144,772,707 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ttn T C 2: 76,693,677 (GRCm39) E397G possibly damaging Het
Vcl A T 14: 21,037,112 (GRCm39) M237L possibly damaging Het
Vmn1r36 G A 6: 66,693,036 (GRCm39) Q280* probably null Het
Vmn2r23 A T 6: 123,718,312 (GRCm39) D555V probably damaging Het
Wnk4 A G 11: 101,153,625 (GRCm39) N229S probably damaging Het
Zfp784 A C 7: 5,038,910 (GRCm39) V216G possibly damaging 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
R7537:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,633,566 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8014:Morc2a UTSW 11 3,627,419 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
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'- TTGGAATCCAGTGTCCTGAAC -3'
(R):5'- CAGATCGGCAGAAGCACTTGAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CTTAGTAAGATGAAGTGTCCCCC -3'
(R):5'- GAAGCACTTGACCACATCGG -3'
Posted On 2020-06-30