Incidental Mutation 'R9146:Krt8'
ID 694662
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Krt8
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000049382
Gene Name keratin 8
Synonyms cytokeratin-8, Card2, Krt2-8, K8, cytokeratin8, cytokeratin 8, EndoA, Krt-2.8
MMRRC Submission
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Essential (E-score: 1.000) question?
Stock # R9146 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 15
Chromosomal Location 101905146-101912777 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 101907370 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Isoleucine to Phenylalanine at position 238 (I238F)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000023952 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000023952]
AlphaFold P11679
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000023952
AA Change: I238F

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.984 (Sensitivity: 0.74; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000023952
Gene: ENSMUSG00000049382
AA Change: I238F

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:Keratin_2_head 1 93 9.4e-18 PFAM
Filament 96 407 7.82e-188 SMART
low complexity region 421 438 N/A INTRINSIC
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.6%
  • 20x: 98.7%
Validation Efficiency 98% (54/55)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene is a member of the type II keratin family clustered on the long arm of chromosome 12. Type I and type II keratins heteropolymerize to form intermediate-sized filaments in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. The product of this gene typically dimerizes with keratin 18 to form an intermediate filament in simple single-layered epithelial cells. This protein plays a role in maintaining cellular structural integrity and also functions in signal transduction and cellular differentiation. Mutations in this gene cause cryptogenic cirrhosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele show partial background-sensitive embryonic lethality, placental defects, impaired female fertility, abnormal hematopoiesis, diarrhea, colorectal hyperplasia, anorectal prolapse, and high liver sensitivity to toxins, apoptotic stimuli and diet-induced steatosis. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 59 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Ache G A 5: 137,289,077 (GRCm39) G261D probably damaging Het
Adgrv1 T A 13: 81,561,291 (GRCm39) T5408S probably benign Het
Aff3 T C 1: 38,359,200 (GRCm39) N362D probably benign Het
Aff4 A G 11: 53,298,963 (GRCm39) N956S probably benign Het
Alg10b A G 15: 90,112,401 (GRCm39) E415G probably damaging Het
Ate1 T C 7: 130,069,022 (GRCm39) Y415C probably damaging Het
Cage1 T C 13: 38,207,005 (GRCm39) D280G probably benign Het
Catsperg1 G C 7: 28,909,912 (GRCm39) P72R probably benign Het
Cep290 A G 10: 100,377,665 (GRCm39) E1565G probably benign Het
Csmd1 T A 8: 16,048,832 (GRCm39) Y2290F probably benign Het
Cyp2c39 A T 19: 39,527,344 (GRCm39) H230L Het
Efhb A G 17: 53,769,644 (GRCm39) S222P probably benign Het
Emilin2 G A 17: 71,581,331 (GRCm39) T465M probably damaging Het
Ep400 A T 5: 110,849,635 (GRCm39) Y1431* probably null Het
Gm10912 T C 2: 103,897,053 (GRCm39) V64A possibly damaging Het
Gpat2 T C 2: 127,273,206 (GRCm39) S197P possibly damaging Het
Hc T C 2: 34,924,571 (GRCm39) Y452C probably damaging Het
Hectd4 T C 5: 121,487,097 (GRCm39) I3364T probably benign Het
Hjurp TCTGGGAGGGCTTGCTCCGGGGGCAGTGTGTCCTGTTCTTGTGCAGCCCCTGCT TCT 1: 88,194,000 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hmcn1 G A 1: 150,474,141 (GRCm39) T4767M probably benign Het
Hspa4l A G 3: 40,736,101 (GRCm39) D595G probably benign Het
Kdm1a G T 4: 136,329,739 (GRCm39) T53K unknown Het
Kirrel1 T C 3: 87,003,015 (GRCm39) D126G probably damaging Het
Kit T A 5: 75,810,305 (GRCm39) D822E probably damaging Het
Kiz C T 2: 146,705,740 (GRCm39) T100M probably benign Het
Kmt2a T A 9: 44,725,938 (GRCm39) K3663* probably null Het
Ky C T 9: 102,419,405 (GRCm39) P471S Het
Lca5l T C 16: 95,960,998 (GRCm39) E493G probably damaging Het
Lrrc2 C T 9: 110,808,582 (GRCm39) T273I probably damaging Het
Mcoln2 T C 3: 145,869,303 (GRCm39) S31P probably benign Het
Mmp1a A G 9: 7,464,997 (GRCm39) D77G probably damaging Het
Mrgprb8 T A 7: 48,039,200 (GRCm39) C290* probably null Het
Nfe2l3 G T 6: 51,410,172 (GRCm39) A96S probably damaging Het
Notch2 A G 3: 98,011,854 (GRCm39) D624G probably damaging Het
Nup98 C A 7: 101,788,037 (GRCm39) R1011L probably benign Het
Nxt2 C T X: 141,020,747 (GRCm39) A118V possibly damaging Het
Or52n2 T A 7: 104,542,452 (GRCm39) I128F probably damaging Het
Or6c7 T C 10: 129,323,392 (GRCm39) V171A possibly damaging Het
Pcdh10 G A 3: 45,334,351 (GRCm39) A222T probably benign Het
Piezo1 G A 8: 123,227,002 (GRCm39) H420Y Het
Pik3r1 C A 13: 101,825,136 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Plcb1 T A 2: 135,182,615 (GRCm39) Y642N probably damaging Het
Ralgapa2 T A 2: 146,184,252 (GRCm39) H1538L probably benign Het
Raph1 A G 1: 60,558,137 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Rnf213 T C 11: 119,334,499 (GRCm39) F3237S Het
Sctr A G 1: 119,982,010 (GRCm39) D286G probably damaging Het
Smyd3 A G 1: 178,920,529 (GRCm39) S202P probably damaging Het
Ssh2 G A 11: 77,328,502 (GRCm39) G356E probably damaging Het
Stat3 A T 11: 100,784,492 (GRCm39) S629R probably benign Het
Stc2 A G 11: 31,317,847 (GRCm39) V58A probably damaging Het
Tcerg1l T A 7: 137,831,588 (GRCm39) D463V probably damaging Het
Tctn1 A G 5: 122,389,745 (GRCm39) V259A possibly damaging Het
Tmem248 A G 5: 130,260,851 (GRCm39) T139A probably benign Het
Trip12 G T 1: 84,771,881 (GRCm39) A89E possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r54 C T 7: 12,366,647 (GRCm39) V96I probably benign Het
Vmn2r79 C T 7: 86,650,681 (GRCm39) Q156* probably null Het
Zfp831 C A 2: 174,487,461 (GRCm39) T712N possibly damaging Het
Zfy1 A T Y: 726,033 (GRCm39) H577Q possibly damaging Het
Zscan4-ps2 T G 7: 11,251,679 (GRCm39) S238R possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Krt8
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00508:Krt8 APN 15 101,906,460 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL01643:Krt8 APN 15 101,905,508 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.64
IGL01966:Krt8 APN 15 101,906,105 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
IGL02587:Krt8 APN 15 101,907,367 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
IGL03088:Krt8 APN 15 101,909,022 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R0531:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,909,883 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.12
R1451:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,907,264 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R2258:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,907,257 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R2348:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,907,300 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.31
R2566:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,459 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R3796:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,907,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4834:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,907,256 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4965:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,905,386 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5212:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,402 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.52
R5249:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,875 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.69
R5419:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,912,337 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R5778:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,912,374 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R5997:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,909,029 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R6503:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,369 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.66
R6683:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,439 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6812:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,414 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6824:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,875 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.50
R6875:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,906,343 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.44
R7650:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,912,598 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R8047:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,912,406 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R8559:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,909,979 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R8826:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,909,870 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R9565:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,912,460 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.26
Z1177:Krt8 UTSW 15 101,907,870 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TCCTCAATGATCCAGGACACAG -3'
(R):5'- TTGATGCTGCCCTTCATGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AGACCCAGGCTTGTGACC -3'
(R):5'- ATGGCTCAGTTTTGACCCTAATC -3'
Posted On 2022-01-20