Incidental Mutation 'R3622:Dffb'
ID 268663
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Dffb
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000029027
Gene Name DNA fragmentation factor, beta subunit
Synonyms Didff, caspase-activated DNase, CAD, 5730477D02Rik, CPAN, 40kDa, DFF40
MMRRC Submission 040677-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R3622 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 4
Chromosomal Location 154048904-154059578 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 154049976 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Threonine to Alanine at position 296 (T296A)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000030893 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000030893] [ENSMUST00000058393] [ENSMUST00000105645] [ENSMUST00000133607] [ENSMUST00000141493] [ENSMUST00000147826]
AlphaFold O54788
PDB Structure NMR STRUCTURE OF THE CAD DOMAIN OF CASPASE-ACTIVATED DNASE [SOLUTION NMR]
NMR STRUCTURE OF THE HETERODIMERIC COMPLEX BETWEEN CAD DOMAINS OF CAD AND ICAD [SOLUTION NMR]
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF CASPASE-ACTIVATED DNASE (CAD) [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000030893
AA Change: T296A

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.999 (Sensitivity: 0.14; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000030893
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029027
AA Change: T296A

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
CAD 9 81 2.48e-41 SMART
Pfam:DFF40 103 324 9.4e-97 PFAM
low complexity region 330 344 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000058393
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000054638
Gene: ENSMUSG00000047613

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:UPF0688 6 228 9.9e-99 PFAM
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000105645
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000128457
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000133524
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000133607
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000141493
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000147826
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000219093
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.7634 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 97.2%
  • 20x: 95.1%
Validation Efficiency 100% (42/42)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] Apoptosis is a cell death process that removes toxic and/or useless cells during mammalian development. The apoptotic process is accompanied by shrinkage and fragmentation of the cells and nuclei and degradation of the chromosomal DNA into nucleosomal units. DNA fragmentation factor (DFF) is a heterodimeric protein of 40-kD (DFFB) and 45-kD (DFFA) subunits. DFFA is the substrate for caspase-3 and triggers DNA fragmentation during apoptosis. DFF becomes activated when DFFA is cleaved by caspase-3. The cleaved fragments of DFFA dissociate from DFFB, the active component of DFF. DFFB has been found to trigger both DNA fragmentation and chromatin condensation during apoptosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene but the biological validity of some of these variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele are viable, fertile and developmentally normal; however, mutant thymocytes and other cell types fail to undergo apoptotic DNA fragmentation in response to dexamethasone or other apoptotic stimuli. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 42 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abca15 T A 7: 119,950,036 (GRCm39) Y503* probably null Het
Akap9 C A 5: 4,026,235 (GRCm39) Q1297K possibly damaging Het
Dpf1 G A 7: 29,015,631 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Elp1 A T 4: 56,759,925 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Grid2ip T C 5: 143,371,774 (GRCm39) S666P probably damaging Het
Gucy2e T A 11: 69,115,877 (GRCm39) E835V probably damaging Het
Hdac5 G A 11: 102,086,644 (GRCm39) P120S probably benign Het
Htr1d T C 4: 136,170,815 (GRCm39) I348T probably damaging Het
Hyal4 A T 6: 24,765,737 (GRCm39) S364C probably damaging Het
Igkv1-133 A T 6: 67,701,944 (GRCm39) Q16L probably benign Het
Itga10 C T 3: 96,559,054 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Met A T 6: 17,549,085 (GRCm39) D979V probably damaging Het
Mga A G 2: 119,772,245 (GRCm39) T1702A probably damaging Het
Midn A G 10: 79,986,144 (GRCm39) D78G probably benign Het
Muc5b T C 7: 141,405,595 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Oma1 T C 4: 103,223,288 (GRCm39) I491T probably benign Het
Or1e30 A G 11: 73,678,567 (GRCm39) T268A probably benign Het
Or5ak24 C T 2: 85,260,837 (GRCm39) C112Y probably benign Het
Or5b107 T A 19: 13,143,020 (GRCm39) M214K probably benign Het
Or8b48 A G 9: 38,492,792 (GRCm39) Y73C probably damaging Het
Pbld2 T C 10: 62,897,470 (GRCm39) L57P probably damaging Het
Phka2 T A X: 159,327,291 (GRCm39) Y334* probably null Het
Plin4 G T 17: 56,411,112 (GRCm39) T973K possibly damaging Het
R3hdm4 C T 10: 79,748,515 (GRCm39) R143H possibly damaging Het
Rps18 G C 17: 34,171,247 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Samd9l A T 6: 3,374,032 (GRCm39) C1076* probably null Het
Scml4 T C 10: 42,806,607 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Slc16a10 A G 10: 40,017,890 (GRCm39) V48A probably benign Het
Slc6a5 T C 7: 49,567,371 (GRCm39) V275A probably benign Het
Smad9 C T 3: 54,696,705 (GRCm39) R257W probably damaging Het
Snrpb C A 2: 130,017,299 (GRCm39) R73L probably null Het
Srsf9 C T 5: 115,468,571 (GRCm39) A69V probably damaging Het
Stfa2 A G 16: 36,224,433 (GRCm39) Y90H probably damaging Het
Tgm6 T A 2: 129,993,681 (GRCm39) V640E possibly damaging Het
Tnrc6c C T 11: 117,640,451 (GRCm39) R1414C probably damaging Het
Tyk2 A T 9: 21,038,606 (GRCm39) C8S probably damaging Het
Upp2 G A 2: 58,680,128 (GRCm39) R300Q possibly damaging Het
Utp20 A G 10: 88,593,855 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Veph1 C T 3: 66,122,858 (GRCm39) V224I probably benign Het
Vmn1r30 A T 6: 58,412,437 (GRCm39) F132I probably benign Het
Vmn2r116 A G 17: 23,605,025 (GRCm39) S113G probably benign Het
Vps53 A C 11: 76,008,609 (GRCm39) V237G probably benign Het
Other mutations in Dffb
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL02502:Dffb APN 4 154,050,073 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R0243:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,835 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R0244:Dffb UTSW 4 154,059,072 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.33
R2483:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,976 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3623:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,976 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3624:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,976 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4562:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,913 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4912:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,864 (GRCm39) unclassified probably benign
R5015:Dffb UTSW 4 154,057,416 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.84
R5986:Dffb UTSW 4 154,050,050 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6950:Dffb UTSW 4 154,054,549 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7395:Dffb UTSW 4 154,053,570 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7986:Dffb UTSW 4 154,054,504 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R8731:Dffb UTSW 4 154,059,101 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R8910:Dffb UTSW 4 154,057,416 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.84
R9709:Dffb UTSW 4 154,059,121 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1176:Dffb UTSW 4 154,057,300 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TCACAGTGGCCAAGTTCAGC -3'
(R):5'- TGGTAGACACTGCATCCACAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ATGAGCACCGGCACTGAC -3'
(R):5'- TGCATCCACAGACAGCGAGTG -3'
Posted On 2015-02-19