Incidental Mutation 'R9745:Tert'
ID 732070
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Tert
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000021611
Gene Name telomerase reverse transcriptase
Synonyms TR
MMRRC Submission
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.566) question?
Stock # R9745 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 13
Chromosomal Location 73775030-73797962 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 73784609 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Leucine to Glutamine at position 685 (L685Q)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000022104 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000022104] [ENSMUST00000221522] [ENSMUST00000223303]
AlphaFold O70372
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000022104
AA Change: L685Q

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.960 (Sensitivity: 0.78; Specificity: 0.95)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000022104
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021611
AA Change: L685Q

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Blast:Telomerase_RBD 329 375 2e-6 BLAST
Telomerase_RBD 449 584 5.02e-75 SMART
Blast:Telomerase_RBD 651 688 1e-5 BLAST
Pfam:RVT_1 787 918 6e-13 PFAM
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000221522
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000222251
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000223303
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.8%
  • 3x: 99.6%
  • 10x: 99.1%
  • 20x: 97.9%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
PHENOTYPE: In spite of impaired telomerase function, homozygous mutant mice are overtly normal in early generations. Impaired fertility has been reported in later generations for homozygotes of at least one knockout allele. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 75 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Agap2 T A 10: 126,919,380 (GRCm39) H488Q unknown Het
Ces1b T C 8: 93,790,625 (GRCm39) D388G probably benign Het
Ces1f T C 8: 93,989,740 (GRCm39) D392G probably benign Het
Ces5a A G 8: 94,228,814 (GRCm39) V472A probably damaging Het
Chst1 A G 2: 92,444,047 (GRCm39) D173G possibly damaging Het
Cngb1 T G 8: 95,967,919 (GRCm39) E1294A unknown Het
Cnmd T C 14: 79,887,850 (GRCm39) I124V possibly damaging Het
Cntnap2 A T 6: 46,211,100 (GRCm39) M505L probably benign Het
Cntnap4 T A 8: 113,391,808 (GRCm39) M91K possibly damaging Het
Cstad A G 2: 30,498,197 (GRCm39) T11A unknown Het
Cyp2j6 A T 4: 96,441,621 (GRCm39) V23E possibly damaging Het
Dapk3 C A 10: 81,028,594 (GRCm39) T388K unknown Het
Dennd6a G A 14: 26,320,818 (GRCm39) G120R possibly damaging Het
Disp1 A C 1: 182,869,310 (GRCm39) S1037A probably damaging Het
Dpcd A T 19: 45,560,881 (GRCm39) Q103L probably benign Het
Egfem1 A T 3: 29,716,532 (GRCm39) D334V probably damaging Het
Egflam C T 15: 7,333,419 (GRCm39) V178M probably benign Het
Ehbp1 T C 11: 22,096,692 (GRCm39) T291A probably benign Het
Eif5b G T 1: 38,084,729 (GRCm39) V859F probably damaging Het
Fam161a A T 11: 22,973,495 (GRCm39) Q459L possibly damaging Het
Fcgrt A C 7: 44,742,754 (GRCm39) D342E probably damaging Het
Fchsd1 A C 18: 38,102,425 (GRCm39) D34E probably benign Het
Foxo4 G A X: 100,301,955 (GRCm39) S209N probably benign Het
Galt A T 4: 41,758,185 (GRCm39) M317L possibly damaging Het
Gfm1 A G 3: 67,358,657 (GRCm39) D416G possibly damaging Het
Glcci1 A T 6: 8,573,278 (GRCm39) I256L probably benign Het
Ibtk C T 9: 85,613,280 (GRCm39) G228S probably benign Het
Ift70b T C 2: 75,768,261 (GRCm39) Y164C probably benign Het
Il2rb T A 15: 78,372,399 (GRCm39) D106V probably benign Het
Map3k6 A T 4: 132,979,783 (GRCm39) I1261F probably damaging Het
Mast2 A G 4: 116,167,815 (GRCm39) L1014P probably benign Het
Mcm2 G A 6: 88,868,729 (GRCm39) Q343* probably null Het
Megf8 A G 7: 25,058,133 (GRCm39) T2136A possibly damaging Het
Mmp28 G A 11: 83,342,283 (GRCm39) T103I probably benign Het
Mtif2 G A 11: 29,476,587 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mtus2 A T 5: 148,013,311 (GRCm39) T35S possibly damaging Het
Ncoa2 A T 1: 13,245,192 (GRCm39) I502N probably benign Het
Nek5 A C 8: 22,573,479 (GRCm39) D492E probably benign Het
Nin T C 12: 70,089,899 (GRCm39) E1172G Het
Nsmaf T A 4: 6,416,662 (GRCm39) I544F possibly damaging Het
Oas3 T C 5: 120,899,284 (GRCm39) D763G unknown Het
Or2a20 G A 6: 43,194,258 (GRCm39) W137* probably null Het
Or4s2 T A 2: 88,473,310 (GRCm39) F66L probably benign Het
Or51r1 A T 7: 102,227,861 (GRCm39) D53V probably damaging Het
Or5al6 C T 2: 85,976,251 (GRCm39) V276M probably damaging Het
Or5aq1 T A 2: 86,965,783 (GRCm39) N294I probably damaging Het
Or5k15 A T 16: 58,710,265 (GRCm39) L106Q probably damaging Het
Or5t17 T C 2: 86,832,487 (GRCm39) V58A probably benign Het
Pcdh7 T C 5: 57,879,622 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Pitx3 A G 19: 46,124,660 (GRCm39) S236P possibly damaging Het
Plscr5 T A 9: 92,087,502 (GRCm39) I157N probably damaging Het
Potefam1 T C 2: 111,000,008 (GRCm39) M201V unknown Het
Preb T C 5: 31,116,732 (GRCm39) N54D probably benign Het
Pskh1 C T 8: 106,656,404 (GRCm39) A360V possibly damaging Het
Ptprk T C 10: 28,139,608 (GRCm39) L111S possibly damaging Het
Reln T A 5: 22,152,525 (GRCm39) I2314F probably damaging Het
Siglecg A G 7: 43,067,476 (GRCm39) D681G probably damaging Het
Snx5 A G 2: 144,096,716 (GRCm39) V283A probably benign Het
Srpk2 C A 5: 23,880,874 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Tacr1 T C 6: 82,469,619 (GRCm39) Y168H possibly damaging Het
Tal1 G T 4: 114,920,557 (GRCm39) R77L probably benign Het
Tdrd12 T C 7: 35,185,964 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tdrd7 A T 4: 45,994,310 (GRCm39) N236I possibly damaging Het
Tdrd9 T C 12: 112,009,130 (GRCm39) F1012S probably damaging Het
Tekt2 C T 4: 126,217,444 (GRCm39) R207H probably damaging Het
Th T G 7: 142,448,851 (GRCm39) D342A probably damaging Het
Tpsg1 G T 17: 25,591,492 (GRCm39) V31L probably damaging Het
Traf3ip1 C G 1: 91,439,095 (GRCm39) S337* probably null Het
Trpv6 A G 6: 41,600,003 (GRCm39) F551S probably damaging Het
Urah A G 7: 140,415,531 (GRCm39) N23D probably benign Het
Vangl1 A C 3: 102,072,669 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Zc3h6 A G 2: 128,859,155 (GRCm39) E1062G probably benign Het
Zfp37 A T 4: 62,110,644 (GRCm39) V181E possibly damaging Het
Zfp638 T A 6: 83,921,795 (GRCm39) S641T probably benign Het
Zkscan16 A T 4: 58,957,473 (GRCm39) H585L possibly damaging Het
Other mutations in Tert
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01286:Tert APN 13 73,776,416 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.76
IGL01585:Tert APN 13 73,782,463 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.15
IGL03167:Tert APN 13 73,788,119 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
galileo UTSW 13 73,775,725 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
FR4304:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,421 (GRCm39) utr 3 prime probably benign
FR4342:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,419 (GRCm39) utr 3 prime probably benign
FR4589:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,423 (GRCm39) utr 3 prime probably benign
PIT4377001:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,380 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.54
R0372:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,110 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0433:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,200 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0829:Tert UTSW 13 73,792,504 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1023:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,178 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.41
R1236:Tert UTSW 13 73,784,498 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1331:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,473 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1426:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,472 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1467:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,328 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R1467:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,328 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.10
R1521:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,175 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2484:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,104 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3162:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,528 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.45
R3162:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,528 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.45
R4428:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4430:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4431:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4630:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,110 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4696:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,939 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R4751:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,182 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.89
R4926:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,508 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.62
R5011:Tert UTSW 13 73,794,428 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5013:Tert UTSW 13 73,794,428 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5061:Tert UTSW 13 73,782,397 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5268:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,473 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5323:Tert UTSW 13 73,796,490 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R5396:Tert UTSW 13 73,787,362 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R5445:Tert UTSW 13 73,792,403 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5680:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,470 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R5688:Tert UTSW 13 73,787,275 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6092:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,700 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.34
R6973:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,107 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R7069:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,529 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7317:Tert UTSW 13 73,790,495 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7747:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,725 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7787:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,051 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7846:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,314 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7994:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,074 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.20
R8042:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,264 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8044:Tert UTSW 13 73,783,568 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8867:Tert UTSW 13 73,776,566 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9181:Tert UTSW 13 73,785,294 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R9412:Tert UTSW 13 73,797,046 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R9790:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,648 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R9791:Tert UTSW 13 73,775,648 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R9792:Tert UTSW 13 73,792,442 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TGCCAGGTCCCTTTCTAATGTG -3'
(R):5'- CTGATCTTGAGAGAACTGGGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AATGTGTCCTCTATGGCCCTGG -3'
(R):5'- CTGTATAGGGTAGCAGGCTAACACTC -3'
Posted On 2022-11-14