Incidental Mutation 'R4851:Galc'
ID 373568
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Galc
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000021003
Gene Name galactosylceramidase
Synonyms 2310068B06Rik, Gacy, A930008M05Rik, galactocerebrosidase
MMRRC Submission 042463-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R4851 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 12
Chromosomal Location 98168553-98225718 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 98193533 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamine to Leucine at position 352 (Q352L)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000021390 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000021390]
AlphaFold P54818
PDB Structure STRUCTURE OF GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE FROM MOUSE [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
STRUCTURE OF GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE FROM MOUSE IN COMPLEX WITH GALACTOSE [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
STRUCTURE OF MOUSE GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE WITH 4NBDG: ENZYME-SUBSTRATE COMPLEX [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
STRUCTURE OF MOUSE GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE WITH D-GALACTAL: ENZYME- INTERMEDIATE COMPLEX [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
STRUCTURE OF MOUSE GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE WITH GALACTOSE: ENZYME- PRODUCT COMPLEX [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000021390
AA Change: Q352L

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.004 (Sensitivity: 0.98; Specificity: 0.59)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000021390
Gene: ENSMUSG00000021003
AA Change: Q352L

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:Glyco_hydro_59 17 684 N/A PFAM
Predicted Effect unknown
Transcript: ENSMUST00000221063
AA Change: Q158L
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000222042
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1456 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 96.8%
  • 20x: 94.0%
Validation Efficiency 100% (99/99)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: This gene encodes galactosylceramidase, the lysosomal hydryolase involved in the catabolism of galactosylceramide. Mutations in this gene result in slow growth, tremors and hind leg weakness, collectively termed as the 'twitcher' phenotype. In humans, deficiency of this gene product causes a lysosomal storage disorder known as Krabbe disease. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for spontaneous and targeted mutations exhibit tremors, progressive weakness, wasting, both central and peripheral demyelination, massive accumulation of galactosylceramide, abnormal macrophages, and death by 4 months of age. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 87 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca13 A T 11: 9,433,890 (GRCm39) R4148S probably benign Het
Acoxl T A 2: 127,886,311 (GRCm39) L182Q possibly damaging Het
Aldh7a1 T C 18: 56,665,088 (GRCm39) T364A possibly damaging Het
App T C 16: 84,853,322 (GRCm39) D252G unknown Het
Arid1a A G 4: 133,408,672 (GRCm39) I1945T unknown Het
Arsk C T 13: 76,213,398 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Atad2b G A 12: 4,993,251 (GRCm39) G257S probably benign Het
Best1 C A 19: 9,969,062 (GRCm39) R218L probably damaging Het
Cacna1e A T 1: 154,312,300 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cdh13 C T 8: 119,484,129 (GRCm39) T130I possibly damaging Het
Cela2a T C 4: 141,552,902 (GRCm39) E25G probably benign Het
Cgnl1 T A 9: 71,632,314 (GRCm39) I346F probably damaging Het
Chil6 C T 3: 106,297,244 (GRCm39) G299D possibly damaging Het
Cic G A 7: 24,972,327 (GRCm39) R686H probably damaging Het
Cnpy1 T C 5: 28,450,738 (GRCm39) I23V probably benign Het
Col6a3 T A 1: 90,707,011 (GRCm39) Y2034F unknown Het
Coq10b T C 1: 55,110,903 (GRCm39) Y224H probably benign Het
Cryge G T 1: 65,090,211 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cyb5rl T G 4: 106,941,510 (GRCm39) S252A probably benign Het
Cyp2ab1 T A 16: 20,133,814 (GRCm39) R125S probably damaging Het
Dclk1 G A 3: 55,387,811 (GRCm39) G86R probably damaging Het
Dmtn A G 14: 70,842,254 (GRCm39) M382T probably damaging Het
Dnaaf8 A G 16: 4,794,138 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Dnah12 T A 14: 26,437,784 (GRCm39) L471* probably null Het
Dock10 A T 1: 80,526,874 (GRCm39) S782T probably benign Het
Egfem1 C A 3: 29,206,032 (GRCm39) H90N possibly damaging Het
Ephb6 T A 6: 41,595,079 (GRCm39) W698R probably benign Het
Exoc4 T A 6: 33,895,343 (GRCm39) C787S probably damaging Het
Exosc8 A T 3: 54,639,523 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Galns A G 8: 123,327,272 (GRCm39) Y167H probably damaging Het
Glb1l T C 1: 75,185,528 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gm6185 A T 1: 161,033,750 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Gm7694 T C 1: 170,128,794 (GRCm39) N245S probably benign Het
Gmcl1 T G 6: 86,681,538 (GRCm39) K385N possibly damaging Het
Gramd1c A T 16: 43,810,200 (GRCm39) W463R probably damaging Het
Gtpbp8 C G 16: 44,566,433 (GRCm39) A90P probably benign Het
H2bc11 G T 13: 22,227,421 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hcar1 T C 5: 124,016,731 (GRCm39) E320G probably benign Het
Hhatl T C 9: 121,618,077 (GRCm39) D226G probably damaging Het
Hoxc5 T A 15: 102,923,801 (GRCm39) I199N probably damaging Het
Iars2 T C 1: 185,059,845 (GRCm39) D121G probably damaging Het
Il5ra T A 6: 106,715,432 (GRCm39) H134L probably benign Het
Isl2 T A 9: 55,452,271 (GRCm39) I281N possibly damaging Het
Kcnk13 T C 12: 99,932,383 (GRCm39) F60L probably damaging Het
Kdelr3 C T 15: 79,409,066 (GRCm39) T85M possibly damaging Het
Kdf1 A T 4: 133,255,676 (GRCm39) H131L probably damaging Het
Mipol1 T A 12: 57,379,087 (GRCm39) L182I probably damaging Het
Morc1 T G 16: 48,381,980 (GRCm39) S513R probably benign Het
Moxd2 A T 6: 40,855,756 (GRCm39) L611H probably damaging Het
Mpped2 T C 2: 106,529,724 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mrpl51 T C 6: 125,170,270 (GRCm39) V92A probably benign Het
Mrps26 G A 2: 130,405,681 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mrps5 A G 2: 127,432,665 (GRCm39) T29A probably benign Het
Mustn1 A G 14: 30,601,517 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ncor2 G A 5: 125,110,431 (GRCm39) P858S possibly damaging Het
Nfasc A G 1: 132,529,759 (GRCm39) F807S probably damaging Het
Nup50 G A 15: 84,823,912 (GRCm39) V422I probably benign Het
Or10x1 T A 1: 174,196,562 (GRCm39) F26L probably benign Het
Or13a25 A T 7: 140,247,226 (GRCm39) M2L probably benign Het
Or1e25 A T 11: 73,493,883 (GRCm39) H159L probably damaging Het
Or2ag13 A T 7: 106,473,221 (GRCm39) V77D probably damaging Het
Or3a1d C A 11: 74,237,769 (GRCm39) V214L probably benign Het
Or4c107 A G 2: 88,788,930 (GRCm39) N40S probably damaging Het
Or8b44 T A 9: 38,410,319 (GRCm39) M118K probably damaging Het
Or8u9 T A 2: 86,002,015 (GRCm39) I49F probably damaging Het
Osbpl8 T A 10: 111,040,661 (GRCm39) M1K probably null Het
Pcdhb22 A C 18: 37,652,087 (GRCm39) D185A possibly damaging Het
Pcdhga8 G T 18: 37,949,457 (GRCm39) R291L probably damaging Het
Saysd1 A T 14: 20,127,672 (GRCm39) L84Q possibly damaging Het
Slc41a1 T C 1: 131,758,508 (GRCm39) I50T probably benign Het
Smg7 G A 1: 152,720,020 (GRCm39) P834S probably benign Het
Speer4a1 C T 5: 26,243,210 (GRCm39) V92M probably damaging Het
Srf T C 17: 46,860,400 (GRCm39) T461A probably benign Het
Ssu72 A G 4: 155,800,053 (GRCm39) D72G possibly damaging Het
Suco T C 1: 161,661,761 (GRCm39) E890G probably damaging Het
Tenm3 A G 8: 48,763,656 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tm6sf1 A G 7: 81,515,091 (GRCm39) E7G probably null Het
Tm9sf2 A G 14: 122,378,616 (GRCm39) K240R probably benign Het
Tmem52 T A 4: 155,554,825 (GRCm39) Y149* probably null Het
Tpgs2 A T 18: 25,284,305 (GRCm39) Y68N possibly damaging Het
Vmn1r205 T A 13: 22,777,074 (GRCm39) E9D probably benign Het
Vmn2r32 A G 7: 7,482,953 (GRCm39) V7A possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r80 T C 10: 79,030,156 (GRCm39) Y661H possibly damaging Het
Vps39 G A 2: 120,152,312 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Vwde A T 6: 13,196,047 (GRCm39) V326D possibly damaging Het
Zfp641 T A 15: 98,186,598 (GRCm39) S342C probably damaging Het
Zfp961 T C 8: 72,722,847 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Other mutations in Galc
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01023:Galc APN 12 98,197,681 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL01287:Galc APN 12 98,212,503 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
IGL01618:Galc APN 12 98,218,340 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.92
IGL02125:Galc APN 12 98,197,768 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02274:Galc APN 12 98,220,473 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02392:Galc APN 12 98,173,672 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02478:Galc APN 12 98,179,391 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.96
IGL02544:Galc APN 12 98,197,701 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.27
IGL03268:Galc APN 12 98,188,852 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL03327:Galc APN 12 98,173,735 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
Crabby2 UTSW 12 98,200,525 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Krabbe UTSW 12 98,188,906 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
lobster UTSW 12 98,212,514 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.84
quake UTSW 12 98,208,973 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
teeter UTSW 12 98,225,421 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0218:Galc UTSW 12 98,188,906 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0240:Galc UTSW 12 98,218,293 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0240:Galc UTSW 12 98,218,293 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0467:Galc UTSW 12 98,208,904 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1619:Galc UTSW 12 98,200,563 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1763:Galc UTSW 12 98,200,525 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1832:Galc UTSW 12 98,200,499 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R1844:Galc UTSW 12 98,212,556 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R1996:Galc UTSW 12 98,218,285 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2010:Galc UTSW 12 98,220,489 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.51
R2097:Galc UTSW 12 98,218,291 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R2496:Galc UTSW 12 98,193,540 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2881:Galc UTSW 12 98,179,355 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R3009:Galc UTSW 12 98,170,228 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4571:Galc UTSW 12 98,188,876 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4764:Galc UTSW 12 98,209,003 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.78
R4854:Galc UTSW 12 98,223,136 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4900:Galc UTSW 12 98,197,731 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4983:Galc UTSW 12 98,209,027 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R5220:Galc UTSW 12 98,197,672 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R5273:Galc UTSW 12 98,218,330 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5495:Galc UTSW 12 98,197,673 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5689:Galc UTSW 12 98,179,245 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R5819:Galc UTSW 12 98,182,520 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R6191:Galc UTSW 12 98,218,293 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6196:Galc UTSW 12 98,225,421 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6305:Galc UTSW 12 98,225,549 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.57
R6335:Galc UTSW 12 98,208,973 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7255:Galc UTSW 12 98,212,514 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.84
R7496:Galc UTSW 12 98,225,497 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7704:Galc UTSW 12 98,175,102 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8871:Galc UTSW 12 98,212,543 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9124:Galc UTSW 12 98,220,423 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R9140:Galc UTSW 12 98,173,673 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.55
R9211:Galc UTSW 12 98,173,699 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9220:Galc UTSW 12 98,220,523 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9718:Galc UTSW 12 98,225,573 (GRCm39) missense
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GCCTTCCTATGCCCAGAAGAAC -3'
(R):5'- GTCATTCAGAAAGTCTTCCTGCAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GAACACAAGATCCTTCTGTTAAAGAC -3'
(R):5'- GTCTTCCTGCAGATATACTTTACAG -3'
Posted On 2016-03-01