Incidental Mutation 'R8777-TAIL:Piwil4'
ID 668122
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Piwil4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000036912
Gene Name piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4
Synonyms Miwi2, MIWI2, 9230101H05Rik
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.192) question?
Stock # R8777-TAIL
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 9
Chromosomal Location 14613072-14651968 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation critical splice donor site (2 bp from exon)
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to C at 14650685 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000076213 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000076946] [ENSMUST00000115644]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 155 300 3.7e-11 PFAM
PAZ 313 450 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 614 864 8.98e-95 SMART
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 155 300 3.7e-11 PFAM
PAZ 313 450 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 614 864 8.98e-95 SMART
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 155 300 3.7e-11 PFAM
PAZ 313 450 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 614 864 8.98e-95 SMART
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000076946
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000076213
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 155 300 3.7e-11 PFAM
PAZ 313 450 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 614 864 8.98e-95 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000115644
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000111308
Gene: ENSMUSG00000036912

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:ArgoN 92 245 6.5e-10 PFAM
PAZ 266 403 2.55e-67 SMART
Piwi 541 834 6.71e-126 SMART
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 100.0%
  • 10x: 99.8%
  • 20x: 99.3%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] PIWIL4 belongs to the Argonaute family of proteins, which function in development and maintenance of germline stem cells (Sasaki et al., 2003 [PubMed 12906857]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit male specific-infertility with a progressive loss of male germ cells, reduced testis size, abnormal male meiosis and increased apoptosis of spermatocytes in seminiferous tubules. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 63 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abcb4 A T 5: 8,989,894 (GRCm39) T816S probably benign Het
Aff4 G A 11: 53,290,783 (GRCm39) S581N probably damaging Het
Aimp2 G A 5: 143,839,825 (GRCm39) A253V probably damaging Het
Arl6ip4 T G 5: 124,254,611 (GRCm39) S35A probably benign Het
Atp1a4 A T 1: 172,059,869 (GRCm39) Y787N probably damaging Het
Btbd8 T G 5: 107,658,293 (GRCm39) I1621R probably damaging Het
Ccdc169 T C 3: 55,058,334 (GRCm39) S13P probably damaging Het
Ccdc186 G A 19: 56,801,793 (GRCm39) S108F probably damaging Het
Ccdc39 G A 3: 33,893,282 (GRCm39) T101I probably benign Het
Cdh13 G T 8: 119,963,706 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Clec1b A T 6: 129,380,537 (GRCm39) E151V probably benign Het
Cplx1 T A 5: 108,673,435 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Diablo T A 5: 123,655,990 (GRCm39) I150F unknown Het
Esp31 T C 17: 38,955,582 (GRCm39) V75A probably benign Het
Gm49336 G A 14: 60,466,185 (GRCm39) L458F probably damaging Het
Grin3b A T 10: 79,808,972 (GRCm39) S241C possibly damaging Het
Gxylt2 A G 6: 100,727,432 (GRCm39) N182S probably damaging Het
Hephl1 T G 9: 14,972,090 (GRCm39) D950A probably benign Het
Hkdc1 A G 10: 62,234,612 (GRCm39) I556T possibly damaging Het
Ints4 C A 7: 97,134,227 (GRCm39) A53D probably damaging Het
Kmt5c T C 7: 4,745,712 (GRCm39) V124A possibly damaging Het
Lrpprc T A 17: 85,058,657 (GRCm39) Q734H probably benign Het
Map1b T C 13: 99,567,304 (GRCm39) T1806A unknown Het
Mcmbp A T 7: 128,308,855 (GRCm39) F389I probably damaging Het
Mcrs1 C T 15: 99,141,237 (GRCm39) G422S probably damaging Het
Mgam A G 6: 40,632,185 (GRCm39) H173R probably damaging Het
Mib1 G A 18: 10,747,422 (GRCm39) G200S probably benign Het
Myh13 A T 11: 67,252,161 (GRCm39) Q1423L possibly damaging Het
Myh2 A G 11: 67,083,398 (GRCm39) R1454G possibly damaging Het
Mylk4 C T 13: 32,913,089 (GRCm39) V70I probably benign Het
Myof A G 19: 37,968,841 (GRCm39) V358A probably benign Het
Ncor1 T A 11: 62,324,494 (GRCm39) H47L probably damaging Het
Ncor1 T A 11: 62,324,492 (GRCm39) I48F probably benign Het
Neurog2 G T 3: 127,427,742 (GRCm39) R122L probably damaging Het
Npdc1 T A 2: 25,298,129 (GRCm39) L193Q probably damaging Het
Nrxn3 A G 12: 89,227,234 (GRCm39) N290D probably damaging Het
Nynrin T C 14: 56,109,120 (GRCm39) M1409T probably benign Het
Oas1h T C 5: 121,005,107 (GRCm39) L185P probably damaging Het
Or10x4 A T 1: 174,218,848 (GRCm39) Y71F probably damaging Het
Or2z2 C T 11: 58,346,757 (GRCm39) W6* probably null Het
Or6c3 T A 10: 129,309,374 (GRCm39) V271E possibly damaging Het
Osbpl8 T A 10: 111,128,974 (GRCm39) N853K probably benign Het
Pcsk4 G T 10: 80,159,557 (GRCm39) P405Q probably benign Het
Pkhd1l1 T C 15: 44,361,967 (GRCm39) Y547H probably damaging Het
Prr36 TGCTTTGCTGGTCTGTGGAAGAGCGGCTTTGCTGGTCTGTGGAAGAGCGGCTTTGCTGGTCTGTGGAAGAGCGGCTTTGC TGCTTTGCTGGTCTGTGGAAGAGCGGCTTTGCTGGTCTGTGGAAGAGCGGCTTTGC 8: 4,266,273 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Rft1 T C 14: 30,382,156 (GRCm39) L51P probably damaging Het
Rufy2 T G 10: 62,833,660 (GRCm39) L241V possibly damaging Het
Slc5a5 T C 8: 71,343,934 (GRCm39) I155V possibly damaging Het
Slc7a2 T G 8: 41,351,991 (GRCm39) M18R probably damaging Het
Snapc4 A G 2: 26,259,375 (GRCm39) S592P probably benign Het
Strn4 T C 7: 16,550,533 (GRCm39) W86R probably damaging Het
Tenm4 A G 7: 96,545,244 (GRCm39) N2457S probably damaging Het
Tent4a T A 13: 69,658,824 (GRCm39) D337V probably damaging Het
Timd4 C A 11: 46,706,309 (GRCm39) T37N possibly damaging Het
Tmem268 T A 4: 63,496,076 (GRCm39) N172K probably damaging Het
Trrap T A 5: 144,773,949 (GRCm39) V2855D probably benign Het
Tubb6 A T 18: 67,534,598 (GRCm39) T166S probably damaging Het
Tufm A G 7: 126,088,034 (GRCm39) Y179C probably benign Het
Tut7 T C 13: 59,933,597 (GRCm39) N1302D probably benign Het
Ube2r2 C T 4: 41,190,715 (GRCm39) S203L possibly damaging Het
Vldlr G T 19: 27,217,946 (GRCm39) V465L probably benign Het
Vmn2r16 C T 5: 109,488,231 (GRCm39) T368M probably benign Het
Vmn2r42 A G 7: 8,195,692 (GRCm39) F485L probably benign Het
Other mutations in Piwil4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00091:Piwil4 APN 9 14,614,393 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL00331:Piwil4 APN 9 14,626,327 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL00848:Piwil4 APN 9 14,638,707 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
IGL00920:Piwil4 APN 9 14,638,733 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01583:Piwil4 APN 9 14,645,783 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01690:Piwil4 APN 9 14,614,391 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01763:Piwil4 APN 9 14,617,562 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02103:Piwil4 APN 9 14,637,282 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL02898:Piwil4 APN 9 14,617,583 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
IGL03037:Piwil4 APN 9 14,616,308 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
IGL03352:Piwil4 APN 9 14,637,183 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
PIT4651001:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,620,195 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.48
R0453:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,748 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R2324:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,204 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3236:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,611,544 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R3408:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3689:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3844:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,641,256 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R4191:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,626,296 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R4505:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4506:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,637,259 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4541:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,629,612 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4652:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,623,604 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R4876:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,651,761 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.22
R5027:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,621,240 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5479:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6656:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,621,230 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6736:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,627,119 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7096:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,112 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7124:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,648,196 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7358:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,641,289 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R7371:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,729 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7419:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,613,691 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7467:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7571:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,893 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7644:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,711 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7992:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,614,445 (GRCm39) missense
R8284:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,774 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8679:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,616,322 (GRCm39) missense
R8777:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,650,685 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R8824:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,771 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R8863:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,631,383 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R9578:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,638,790 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9609:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,614,443 (GRCm39) missense
X0026:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,651,887 (GRCm39) utr 5 prime probably benign
X0064:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,620,171 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
Z1088:Piwil4 UTSW 9 14,645,813 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers
Posted On 2021-03-08