Incidental Mutation 'IGL03046:A2m'
ID 391855
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol A2m
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000030111
Gene Name alpha-2-macroglobulin
Synonyms A2mp
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # IGL03046 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 6
Chromosomal Location 121612920-121656197 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 121636282 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Methionine to Lysine at position 717 (M717K)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000032203 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000032203]
AlphaFold Q6GQT1
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000032203
AA Change: M717K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.042 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.83)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000032203
Gene: ENSMUSG00000030111
AA Change: M717K

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 30 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:A2M_N 134 227 2.1e-20 PFAM
low complexity region 334 347 N/A INTRINSIC
A2M_N_2 465 613 2.04e-31 SMART
low complexity region 722 731 N/A INTRINSIC
A2M 738 828 2.31e-39 SMART
Pfam:Thiol-ester_cl 961 990 4.4e-18 PFAM
Pfam:A2M_comp 1010 1266 1.4e-98 PFAM
A2M_recep 1376 1463 2.69e-40 SMART
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000203413
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0898 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 0.0%
  • 3x: 0.0%
  • 10x: 0.0%
  • 20x: 0.0%
Validation Efficiency 98% (54/55)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The protein encoded by this gene is a protease inhibitor and cytokine transporter. It uses a bait-and-trap mechanism to inhibit a broad spectrum of proteases, including trypsin, thrombin and collagenase. It can also inhibit inflammatory cytokines, and it thus disrupts inflammatory cascades. Mutations in this gene are a cause of alpha-2-macroglobulin deficiency. This gene is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its ability to mediate the clearance and degradation of A-beta, the major component of beta-amyloid deposits. A related pseudogene, which is also located on the p arm of chromosome 12, has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2016]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 59 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Acad12 C A 5: 121,748,029 (GRCm39) V130L probably benign Het
Cdca2 T C 14: 67,937,471 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cfap100 T A 6: 90,389,332 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cfap43 T A 19: 47,804,302 (GRCm39) E298V probably damaging Het
Cic C T 7: 24,990,500 (GRCm39) P1971S probably damaging Het
Cnga1 T C 5: 72,761,681 (GRCm39) D611G probably benign Het
Daglb C T 5: 143,486,948 (GRCm39) P522L probably damaging Het
Dclre1b A T 3: 103,710,597 (GRCm39) I438K probably benign Het
Ddx5 C A 11: 106,675,871 (GRCm39) R273M probably damaging Het
Eepd1 C T 9: 25,393,981 (GRCm39) L82F probably damaging Het
Emilin3 G A 2: 160,750,649 (GRCm39) Q320* probably null Het
Exoc6 T C 19: 37,582,217 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Fcna G C 2: 25,520,693 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Foxs1 T C 2: 152,774,484 (GRCm39) T190A probably benign Het
Gje1 A G 10: 14,592,374 (GRCm39) L136P probably damaging Het
Hdac11 A G 6: 91,145,827 (GRCm39) T176A probably benign Het
Hhip C A 8: 80,698,967 (GRCm39) V700L probably damaging Het
Hps5 T C 7: 46,426,463 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Itgb1bp1 T C 12: 21,329,436 (GRCm39) S13G unknown Het
Kcna1 A T 6: 126,619,148 (GRCm39) L391M possibly damaging Het
Kif1a C T 1: 93,010,128 (GRCm39) V6M probably damaging Het
Klhl6 T C 16: 19,801,639 (GRCm39) I39V probably benign Het
Lpcat4 C A 2: 112,072,334 (GRCm39) silent Het
Ltn1 A T 16: 87,202,509 (GRCm39) S1047R probably benign Het
Mdn1 A G 4: 32,694,495 (GRCm39) T1073A possibly damaging Het
Megf10 G T 18: 57,421,055 (GRCm39) A898S possibly damaging Het
Mtmr6 T C 14: 60,529,577 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mtnr1b T C 9: 15,774,059 (GRCm39) I333M probably benign Het
Muc5ac G T 7: 141,348,950 (GRCm39) C463F probably benign Het
Mycbpap G T 11: 94,396,543 (GRCm39) T99N possibly damaging Het
Myo7a C T 7: 97,728,534 (GRCm39) C824Y probably damaging Het
N4bp2 A G 5: 65,948,303 (GRCm39) H311R probably damaging Het
Nepro T A 16: 44,552,509 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nop56 A T 2: 130,117,489 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nup210 A G 6: 90,995,978 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Or4d10c A G 19: 12,065,391 (GRCm39) V255A probably damaging Het
Or7g25 T A 9: 19,160,441 (GRCm39) I85F probably damaging Het
Pcna C T 2: 132,093,673 (GRCm39) E109K probably benign Het
Pgap6 A T 17: 26,338,414 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Pkhd1 T G 1: 20,607,589 (GRCm39) D1089A possibly damaging Het
Plb1 A G 5: 32,485,756 (GRCm39) R847G probably damaging Het
Pou6f2 A G 13: 18,303,612 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Prss43 C G 9: 110,660,049 (GRCm39) S371C probably benign Het
Ralgapa1 A T 12: 55,741,942 (GRCm39) V1322D probably damaging Het
Rrp8 A G 7: 105,384,109 (GRCm39) V131A probably benign Het
Rtp1 A T 16: 23,248,044 (GRCm39) K39M probably benign Het
Sanbr A T 11: 23,565,150 (GRCm39) L279Q possibly damaging Het
Slc1a6 A G 10: 78,636,008 (GRCm39) I358V probably benign Het
Slc25a15 T C 8: 22,885,726 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Slc43a1 G A 2: 84,684,897 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Speer4c1 A C 5: 15,919,214 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Spock3 T G 8: 63,802,018 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tbc1d7 T C 13: 43,308,162 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Tmem184c C T 8: 78,326,286 (GRCm39) W260* probably null Het
Trnau1ap A G 4: 132,039,252 (GRCm39) Y265H probably damaging Het
Usp25 T C 16: 76,871,754 (GRCm39) F363S probably damaging Het
Vcl T C 14: 21,072,085 (GRCm39) F817L possibly damaging Het
Vmn1r13 T A 6: 57,187,717 (GRCm39) M292K probably benign Het
Xpc G T 6: 91,487,463 (GRCm39) A89E probably damaging Het
Other mutations in A2m
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00494:A2m APN 6 121,621,108 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
IGL00798:A2m APN 6 121,647,969 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01154:A2m APN 6 121,650,501 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL01313:A2m APN 6 121,621,969 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
IGL01337:A2m APN 6 121,645,529 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
IGL01505:A2m APN 6 121,653,906 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.83
IGL01508:A2m APN 6 121,636,326 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL01672:A2m APN 6 121,618,316 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01951:A2m APN 6 121,644,149 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.78
IGL02012:A2m APN 6 121,651,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02066:A2m APN 6 121,626,854 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02234:A2m APN 6 121,645,179 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
IGL02397:A2m APN 6 121,623,834 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02407:A2m APN 6 121,645,575 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02408:A2m APN 6 121,621,130 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02469:A2m APN 6 121,645,074 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02527:A2m APN 6 121,638,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02612:A2m APN 6 121,654,971 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02746:A2m APN 6 121,646,462 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
IGL02952:A2m APN 6 121,654,984 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL03056:A2m APN 6 121,647,862 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.96
IGL03121:A2m APN 6 121,618,265 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
IGL03303:A2m APN 6 121,644,122 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03369:A2m APN 6 121,653,862 (GRCm39) critical splice acceptor site probably null
R0040:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,165 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R0049:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,267 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R0049:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,267 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R0109:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,262 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0147:A2m UTSW 6 121,639,405 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0148:A2m UTSW 6 121,639,405 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R0345:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,231 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R0445:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,914 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0766:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,849 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R1186:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,493 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1436:A2m UTSW 6 121,621,172 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R1452:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,015 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1636:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1637:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1638:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1698:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,117 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R1776:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,383 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1791:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1918:A2m UTSW 6 121,621,895 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.16
R1921:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R1927:A2m UTSW 6 121,613,338 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1934:A2m UTSW 6 121,626,792 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R1943:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,506 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R1996:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,556 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2039:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,908 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.32
R2085:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,918 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2092:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,896 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R2105:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,459 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2107:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,571 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2235:A2m UTSW 6 121,619,023 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.21
R2292:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,518 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R2350:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,047 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R3001:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,406 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3002:A2m UTSW 6 121,638,406 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R3023:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,531 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R3429:A2m UTSW 6 121,613,249 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null
R3437:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,253 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.03
R3909:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,125 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4300:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,434 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4332:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,406 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R4584:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,365 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R4697:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,243 (GRCm39) start codon destroyed probably null 0.94
R4710:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,262 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R4841:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,803 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R5206:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,766 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5219:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,909 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R5230:A2m UTSW 6 121,651,820 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5330:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,375 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R5331:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,375 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R5377:A2m UTSW 6 121,622,212 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5590:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,891 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5835:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,295 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5910:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,076 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5915:A2m UTSW 6 121,644,122 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5949:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,032 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5994:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,862 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R5996:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6035:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6035:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R6090:A2m UTSW 6 121,624,972 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
R6241:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,788 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R6294:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,440 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R6492:A2m UTSW 6 121,631,464 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.35
R6554:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,246 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6597:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,080 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6742:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,995 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R6795:A2m UTSW 6 121,625,281 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6843:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,360 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7013:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,345 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.00
R7137:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,944 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.85
R7167:A2m UTSW 6 121,624,930 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7294:A2m UTSW 6 121,650,541 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7452:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,291 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7507:A2m UTSW 6 121,652,177 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7602:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,895 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R7602:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,966 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7709:A2m UTSW 6 121,637,063 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R7766:A2m UTSW 6 121,615,300 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R7921:A2m UTSW 6 121,654,954 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8007:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,845 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R8291:A2m UTSW 6 121,655,017 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8542:A2m UTSW 6 121,634,369 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R8856:A2m UTSW 6 121,618,349 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R9023:A2m UTSW 6 121,636,917 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R9154:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,512 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9156:A2m UTSW 6 121,647,957 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9255:A2m UTSW 6 121,626,795 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9269:A2m UTSW 6 121,637,865 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.38
R9325:A2m UTSW 6 121,646,578 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.81
R9393:A2m UTSW 6 121,616,270 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.91
R9563:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,009 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
X0057:A2m UTSW 6 121,645,135 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
X0060:A2m UTSW 6 121,653,039 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
X0063:A2m UTSW 6 121,623,835 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- ACAATGGGCAGTAGTTTCAAGG -3'
(R):5'- AGTGAAATGCTGCGCTCAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GCAGTAGTTTCAAGGGATTCCAC -3'
(R):5'- GACACTCGTGGATGTTCA -3'
Posted On 2016-06-07