Incidental Mutation 'R9269:Cldn3'
ID 702744
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Cldn3
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000070473
Gene Name claudin 3
Synonyms Cpetr2
MMRRC Submission
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly non essential (E-score: 0.290) question?
Stock # R9269 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 5
Chromosomal Location 135015068-135016326 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 135015579 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Leucine to Proline at position 94 (L94P)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000091799 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000094245]
AlphaFold Q9Z0G9
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000094245
AA Change: L94P

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.994 (Sensitivity: 0.69; Specificity: 0.97)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000091799
Gene: ENSMUSG00000070473
AA Change: L94P

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:PMP22_Claudin 3 180 1.8e-35 PFAM
Pfam:Claudin_2 10 182 4.6e-12 PFAM
low complexity region 203 211 N/A INTRINSIC
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.6%
  • 20x: 98.6%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: This gene encodes a member of the claudin family. Claudins are integral membrane proteins and components of tight junction strands. Tight junction strands serve as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space between epithelial or endothelial cell sheets, and also play critical roles in maintaining cell polarity and signal transductions. The protein encoded by this gene is a low-affinity receptor for clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) produced by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, and the interaction with CPE results in increased membrane permeability by forming small pores in plasma membrane. This protein is highly overexpressed in uterine carcinosarcoma. This protein is also predominantly present in brain endothelial cells, where it plays a specific role in the establishment and maintenance of blood brain barrier tight junction morphology. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2012]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele are fertile with mutant males exhibiting normal spermatogenesis and fully functional Sertoli cell tight junctions. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 90 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
A2m T C 6: 121,637,865 (GRCm39) S845P probably benign Het
Actn1 T A 12: 80,219,745 (GRCm39) N709Y probably benign Het
Alox5ap A G 5: 149,216,006 (GRCm39) Y64C probably damaging Het
Anapc4 T A 5: 53,018,620 (GRCm39) S521T possibly damaging Het
Ap3b1 C A 13: 94,540,570 (GRCm39) P164Q probably damaging Het
Arhgef26 A G 3: 62,247,920 (GRCm39) N335D probably damaging Het
Arrdc2 G A 8: 71,288,973 (GRCm39) A354V probably benign Het
Atg2b A G 12: 105,618,359 (GRCm39) S898P probably damaging Het
Atxn1 T A 13: 45,710,680 (GRCm39) T751S probably benign Het
Begain T A 12: 108,999,119 (GRCm39) R551W possibly damaging Het
Borcs8 C A 8: 70,594,521 (GRCm39) D15E probably benign Het
Btbd16 C T 7: 130,417,516 (GRCm39) R344C probably damaging Het
Card11 A T 5: 140,892,516 (GRCm39) M183K probably damaging Het
Clvs2 A T 10: 33,419,422 (GRCm39) Y211N probably damaging Het
Col15a1 G C 4: 47,288,200 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cop1 C T 1: 159,116,553 (GRCm39) P409L probably benign Het
Cplane1 A C 15: 8,248,500 (GRCm39) Q1683P probably damaging Het
Crhbp C A 13: 95,573,024 (GRCm39) A241S probably benign Het
Cyfip1 C A 7: 55,557,179 (GRCm39) S794* probably null Het
Dlg5 T A 14: 24,242,881 (GRCm39) H172L probably damaging Het
Doc2a T A 7: 126,450,159 (GRCm39) I199N probably benign Het
Dock3 T C 9: 106,818,522 (GRCm39) T1191A probably benign Het
Efcab8 G C 2: 153,646,861 (GRCm39) V397L unknown Het
Eif4a3l2 C T 6: 116,529,317 (GRCm39) T398I probably damaging Het
Fcgr1 C T 3: 96,193,154 (GRCm39) R281H probably benign Het
Fndc10 T C 4: 155,779,205 (GRCm39) V83A possibly damaging Het
Galnt2 T A 8: 125,065,202 (GRCm39) I444K probably benign Het
Gcnt3 T C 9: 69,941,290 (GRCm39) Y426C probably damaging Het
Gtpbp1 C T 15: 79,601,855 (GRCm39) R533C probably damaging Het
Hid1 T C 11: 115,252,502 (GRCm39) E60G probably damaging Het
Ighv1-81 A T 12: 115,884,161 (GRCm39) L30Q possibly damaging Het
Ighv5-8 TATATATATATATATATATATA TATATATATATATATATATATATA 12: 113,618,565 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ilrun A C 17: 28,005,049 (GRCm39) Y169* probably null Het
Klf10 A G 15: 38,298,002 (GRCm39) L44P probably damaging Het
Lamc3 T C 2: 31,813,017 (GRCm39) V1001A probably benign Het
Lamc3 C A 2: 31,818,908 (GRCm39) S1211* probably null Het
Lmx1a T A 1: 167,658,194 (GRCm39) H192Q probably benign Het
Nkx2-4 T C 2: 146,926,184 (GRCm39) H226R possibly damaging Het
Or2d2 T C 7: 106,727,833 (GRCm39) I256V probably benign Het
Or4a68 T A 2: 89,270,276 (GRCm39) M116L probably damaging Het
Or4k37 T C 2: 111,159,297 (GRCm39) F178L probably damaging Het
Or4p18 G A 2: 88,232,586 (GRCm39) R231C probably benign Het
Or5b101 T C 19: 13,004,994 (GRCm39) H233R probably benign Het
Or5b114-ps1 A T 19: 13,353,004 (GRCm39) N226I unknown Het
Or5p52 T A 7: 107,502,527 (GRCm39) I201N possibly damaging Het
Or7e175 T C 9: 20,048,757 (GRCm39) M115T probably damaging Het
Or8k1 T C 2: 86,047,247 (GRCm39) H269R probably damaging Het
Orai3 G T 7: 127,373,194 (GRCm39) A232S probably benign Het
Pak1ip1 G A 13: 41,162,727 (GRCm39) G177R probably benign Het
Pcp4l1 T C 1: 171,001,975 (GRCm39) R62G possibly damaging Het
Phox2b T A 5: 67,256,064 (GRCm39) Q74L probably benign Het
Pi4kb A G 3: 94,891,797 (GRCm39) Y159C probably damaging Het
Pkd1l3 GACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCAACAAACATGACATCAGACACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCAACAAACATGACATCAGACACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCAACAAACATGACATCAGACACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCA GACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCAACAAACATGACATCAGACACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCAACAAACATGACATCAGACACACCTGCATCCAGCAGCCCA 8: 110,350,827 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Plxna1 T C 6: 89,306,541 (GRCm39) R1430G probably null Het
Plxna4 T C 6: 32,155,315 (GRCm39) H1543R probably benign Het
Prcc A T 3: 87,777,038 (GRCm39) F312Y probably damaging Het
Ranbp6 A G 19: 29,787,388 (GRCm39) L988P probably damaging Het
Rbm27 A G 18: 42,460,572 (GRCm39) T840A probably benign Het
Rchy1 G T 5: 92,105,831 (GRCm39) T39N probably benign Het
Rmi1 C T 13: 58,556,840 (GRCm39) T363I probably benign Het
Rnpc3 A C 3: 113,404,895 (GRCm39) I420S probably damaging Het
Rsph4a T A 10: 33,785,394 (GRCm39) V435E probably benign Het
Rwdd1 T C 10: 33,888,095 (GRCm39) T38A probably damaging Het
S100a13 G T 3: 90,423,170 (GRCm39) D54Y unknown Het
Sel1l3 T C 5: 53,311,628 (GRCm39) Y619C probably damaging Het
Sf3b3 T C 8: 111,538,658 (GRCm39) T1121A probably damaging Het
Sgk3 T C 1: 9,942,534 (GRCm39) V102A probably benign Het
Sh2b1 T C 7: 126,068,354 (GRCm39) T486A probably damaging Het
Slc22a5 C T 11: 53,766,981 (GRCm39) R169H probably damaging Het
Slc4a5 T C 6: 83,266,223 (GRCm39) V889A possibly damaging Het
Spast C A 17: 74,646,069 (GRCm39) S13* probably null Het
Srek1 T C 13: 103,889,654 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Sugp1 G T 8: 70,509,220 (GRCm39) E164D probably benign Het
Synpo2 T C 3: 122,910,973 (GRCm39) D224G probably benign Het
Tanc1 A G 2: 59,630,432 (GRCm39) D804G probably damaging Het
Tep1 C T 14: 51,081,766 (GRCm39) C1228Y probably damaging Het
Tes T A 6: 17,100,341 (GRCm39) C325S probably benign Het
Themis T C 10: 28,739,390 (GRCm39) V620A probably benign Het
Trim17 T C 11: 58,862,257 (GRCm39) S430P probably damaging Het
Tubgcp5 T C 7: 55,445,693 (GRCm39) I65T possibly damaging Het
Unc13b T C 4: 43,171,955 (GRCm39) S928P unknown Het
Vat1l C T 8: 115,016,172 (GRCm39) A354V probably damaging Het
Vmn1r170 T A 7: 23,306,263 (GRCm39) S222T probably benign Het
Vmn2r112 A T 17: 22,820,213 (GRCm39) M29L probably benign Het
Vmn2r72 T C 7: 85,400,411 (GRCm39) I213V probably benign Het
Wdr89 T A 12: 75,679,564 (GRCm39) Q230L possibly damaging Het
Zfp386 A G 12: 116,023,283 (GRCm39) T334A probably benign Het
Zfp442 T A 2: 150,251,287 (GRCm39) H205L probably benign Het
Zfyve26 A T 12: 79,323,076 (GRCm39) I890N possibly damaging Het
Zic1 T C 9: 91,246,373 (GRCm39) E233G probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Cldn3
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
R6235:Cldn3 UTSW 5 135,015,573 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.61
R6915:Cldn3 UTSW 5 135,015,426 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R7326:Cldn3 UTSW 5 135,015,837 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ATCATCACGGCGCAGATCAC -3'
(R):5'- CGGCGCAGAATAGAGGATCTTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AGATCACCTGGGAGGGC -3'
(R):5'- TGCATACTTGTCGCGCG -3'
Posted On 2022-03-25