Incidental Mutation 'R6092:Spag4'
ID 485968
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Spag4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000038180
Gene Name sperm associated antigen 4
Synonyms Sun4, 1700041K21Rik
MMRRC Submission 044249-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R6092 (G1)
Quality Score 89.0077
Status Not validated
Chromosome 2
Chromosomal Location 155907108-155911421 bp(+) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation intron
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to A at 155907696 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000121781 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000038860] [ENSMUST00000137966] [ENSMUST00000138178]
AlphaFold Q9JJF2
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000038860
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000036484
Gene: ENSMUSG00000038180

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 2 13 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 19 37 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 137 159 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 166 188 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 214 222 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Sad1_UNC 293 426 1.9e-44 PFAM
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000125996
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000131144
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000133511
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000136765
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000137966
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000118715
Gene: ENSMUSG00000038180

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
transmembrane domain 43 65 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 72 94 N/A INTRINSIC
coiled coil region 112 147 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000138178
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000149139
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.9%
  • 3x: 99.6%
  • 10x: 98.0%
  • 20x: 94.1%
Validation Efficiency 98% (61/62)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The mammalian sperm flagellum contains two cytoskeletal structures associated with the axoneme: the outer dense fibers surrounding the axoneme in the midpiece and principal piece and the fibrous sheath surrounding the outer dense fibers in the principal piece of the tail. Defects in these structures are associated with abnormal tail morphology, reduced sperm motility, and infertility. In the rat, the protein encoded by this gene associates with an outer dense fiber protein via a leucine zipper motif and localizes to the microtubules of the manchette and axoneme during sperm tail development. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele show disrupted spermiogenesis, severe defects in sperm head formation, abnormal manchette morphology, globozoospermia, and male infertility. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 64 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1110002E22Rik C T 3: 137,774,701 (GRCm39) P1297S probably benign Het
4930486L24Rik C T 13: 61,001,461 (GRCm39) V89M probably benign Het
Abhd16a T C 17: 35,317,786 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Abtb1 A C 6: 88,815,433 (GRCm39) C264G probably benign Het
Ank3 G A 10: 69,838,395 (GRCm39) R1566K possibly damaging Het
Arid1a C T 4: 133,421,163 (GRCm39) G881R unknown Het
Asb8 A G 15: 98,034,123 (GRCm39) V144A possibly damaging Het
Atm A C 9: 53,435,714 (GRCm39) C199G probably damaging Het
Atxn1 C A 13: 45,720,288 (GRCm39) V536L probably benign Het
Baz1a C T 12: 54,955,868 (GRCm39) V1074M possibly damaging Het
BC034090 T A 1: 155,100,659 (GRCm39) D535V probably damaging Het
Casp8ap2 C A 4: 32,639,380 (GRCm39) H145N probably damaging Het
Ccdc24 T A 4: 117,729,645 (GRCm39) K25* probably null Het
Ccdc91 A G 6: 147,437,114 (GRCm39) N100S possibly damaging Het
Cdh20 A T 1: 110,026,036 (GRCm39) Y424F probably benign Het
Clasp1 T C 1: 118,438,028 (GRCm39) S612P probably damaging Het
Cxcl14 T C 13: 56,443,646 (GRCm39) M55V possibly damaging Het
Dnah11 T C 12: 117,892,191 (GRCm39) T3661A probably benign Het
Dnah14 T A 1: 181,449,398 (GRCm39) D574E probably benign Het
Dnah6 C T 6: 73,091,680 (GRCm39) V2204M possibly damaging Het
Ercc4 A T 16: 12,943,125 (GRCm39) H178L probably benign Het
Far2 T C 6: 148,076,581 (GRCm39) F475L probably benign Het
Ggt7 A G 2: 155,359,959 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Gm4131 T A 14: 62,718,364 (GRCm39) T81S possibly damaging Het
Gprc6a A G 10: 51,491,173 (GRCm39) S788P probably damaging Het
Hmgxb3 C A 18: 61,270,672 (GRCm39) G884V possibly damaging Het
Homer1 T A 13: 93,502,945 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Iars1 T C 13: 49,861,897 (GRCm39) S483P probably damaging Het
Kansl1l C G 1: 66,812,643 (GRCm39) E457Q probably damaging Het
Krtap4-9 G A 11: 99,676,481 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Lepr C A 4: 101,649,220 (GRCm39) P874T probably damaging Het
Mad2l2 T A 4: 148,228,067 (GRCm39) F100L probably damaging Het
Mavs A T 2: 131,087,518 (GRCm39) R339* probably null Het
Mettl1 G A 10: 126,877,843 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mfsd8 A G 3: 40,774,031 (GRCm39) V493A possibly damaging Het
Mtmr9 C T 14: 63,779,901 (GRCm39) V63M possibly damaging Het
Mto1 T C 9: 78,368,131 (GRCm39) I425T possibly damaging Het
Or2av9 A T 11: 58,380,900 (GRCm39) M227K probably damaging Het
Or5g29 A G 2: 85,420,950 (GRCm39) Y22C probably benign Het
Or8b36 ATTGCTGTTT ATTGCTGTTTGCTGTTT 9: 37,937,836 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Pclo C T 5: 14,727,937 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Phf2 T C 13: 48,969,533 (GRCm39) D608G unknown Het
Plch2 T C 4: 155,068,829 (GRCm39) T1266A probably benign Het
Prdm12 A G 2: 31,533,889 (GRCm39) N169D probably damaging Het
Rimbp3 A G 16: 17,030,134 (GRCm39) Y1186C probably damaging Het
Serpinb3d T C 1: 107,006,989 (GRCm39) M240V probably damaging Het
Slc25a38 C T 9: 119,945,658 (GRCm39) R74C probably damaging Het
Slc25a39 A T 11: 102,295,719 (GRCm39) Y109* probably null Het
Slc26a8 T C 17: 28,867,129 (GRCm39) N564S probably damaging Het
Stx1b A G 7: 127,407,035 (GRCm39) M74T possibly damaging Het
Tbc1d1 A G 5: 64,507,242 (GRCm39) D1153G probably benign Het
Tert T C 13: 73,776,700 (GRCm39) F484L probably benign Het
Tet1 A G 10: 62,649,494 (GRCm39) V72A probably benign Het
Tnfrsf13c T C 15: 82,107,355 (GRCm39) T147A probably damaging Het
Trpa1 A T 1: 14,959,710 (GRCm39) Y659N probably damaging Het
Trpm2 A G 10: 77,761,516 (GRCm39) F1045L probably benign Het
Ttc13 T C 8: 125,405,772 (GRCm39) H529R probably benign Het
Ttn T C 2: 76,545,614 (GRCm39) T32570A probably damaging Het
Uba7 A G 9: 107,860,359 (GRCm39) T892A possibly damaging Het
Uty A T Y: 1,174,836 (GRCm39) M195K probably benign Het
Zfp109 A G 7: 23,928,978 (GRCm39) S152P possibly damaging Het
Zfp532 T C 18: 65,777,281 (GRCm39) V846A probably damaging Het
Zfp658 A T 7: 43,223,951 (GRCm39) H742L possibly damaging Het
Zfp831 C A 2: 174,547,299 (GRCm39) P1494Q probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Spag4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01409:Spag4 APN 2 155,911,252 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
IGL01843:Spag4 APN 2 155,910,417 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
IGL02200:Spag4 APN 2 155,908,517 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.14
IGL02506:Spag4 APN 2 155,911,142 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02570:Spag4 APN 2 155,910,364 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.60
IGL03302:Spag4 APN 2 155,910,340 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R0127:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,909,962 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0314:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,909,229 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R0441:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,909,899 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1699:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,342 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5270:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,853 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R5293:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,908,111 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.07
R7138:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,908,519 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7300:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,907,541 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.06
R7898:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,911,244 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8756:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,908,493 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R9025:Spag4 UTSW 2 155,910,424 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
Predicted Primers
Posted On 2017-08-16