Incidental Mutation 'R0244:Dffb'
ID 37956
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 038482-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R0244 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 4
Chromosomal Location 154048904-154059578 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 154059072 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Asparagine to Lysine at position 68 (N68K)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000030893 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000030893] [ENSMUST00000047497] [ENSMUST00000133607]
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 benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000030893
AA Change: N68K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.329 (Sensitivity: 0.90; Specificity: 0.89)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000030893
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029027
AA Change: N68K

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: ENSMUST00000047497
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000040762
Gene: ENSMUSG00000039523

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
coiled coil region 222 249 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 288 301 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 307 320 N/A INTRINSIC
SCOP:d1gw5b_ 523 646 3e-5 SMART
coiled coil region 688 730 N/A INTRINSIC
low complexity region 889 903 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000133607
AA Change: N68K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.239 (Sensitivity: 0.91; Specificity: 0.88)
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000142671
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000154458
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000219093
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0898 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 96.9%
  • 20x: 94.5%
Validation Efficiency 99% (88/89)
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: 89 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Adamdec1 A T 14: 68,806,172 (GRCm39) C434* probably null Het
Adprhl1 A G 8: 13,292,391 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ago1 T A 4: 126,357,499 (GRCm39) I59F possibly damaging Het
Arel1 T C 12: 84,967,467 (GRCm39) T786A probably damaging Het
Arhgap26 A G 18: 39,496,184 (GRCm39) K117R probably benign Het
Atp6v0b C T 4: 117,741,819 (GRCm39) G204D probably damaging Het
Bace2 T A 16: 97,237,973 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Bltp2 T A 11: 78,177,317 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Camk4 G A 18: 33,312,678 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cdh26 C T 2: 178,123,425 (GRCm39) R675C possibly damaging Het
Cep152 T C 2: 125,406,134 (GRCm39) E1466G probably benign Het
Ces3b T C 8: 105,819,267 (GRCm39) F441S probably damaging Het
Cfap52 T C 11: 67,817,208 (GRCm39) T562A possibly damaging Het
Clca3a2 C A 3: 144,519,659 (GRCm39) M238I possibly damaging Het
Cntnap5c A T 17: 58,409,163 (GRCm39) D467V probably damaging Het
Col7a1 T A 9: 108,801,252 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cstf1 A G 2: 172,219,630 (GRCm39) N247S possibly damaging Het
Dnaaf10 T C 11: 17,179,851 (GRCm39) L284P probably damaging Het
Duox2 C T 2: 122,122,341 (GRCm39) G595S probably benign Het
Eftud2 T A 11: 102,755,551 (GRCm39) I228F probably damaging Het
Elmo3 T C 8: 106,035,803 (GRCm39) V578A probably benign Het
Elp2 A G 18: 24,764,528 (GRCm39) D625G possibly damaging Het
Ep300 C T 15: 81,524,329 (GRCm39) P1386S unknown Het
Fam120b A G 17: 15,637,899 (GRCm39) D610G probably damaging Het
Fastk A T 5: 24,647,176 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Fbxl6 A G 15: 76,421,391 (GRCm39) S252P probably damaging Het
Fbxo43 T C 15: 36,161,939 (GRCm39) K423E probably damaging Het
Filip1 T A 9: 79,726,744 (GRCm39) E625V possibly damaging Het
Fkbp9 T A 6: 56,833,363 (GRCm39) Y283* probably null Het
Gigyf2 T A 1: 87,306,737 (GRCm39) D142E possibly damaging Het
Gm10142 T C 10: 77,551,848 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Golga5 T C 12: 102,442,447 (GRCm39) V262A probably benign Het
Hectd4 T C 5: 121,467,668 (GRCm39) V2539A probably benign Het
Ica1 G T 6: 8,653,632 (GRCm39) S335* probably null Het
Itga1 A T 13: 115,143,433 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Itgb1 T C 8: 129,444,166 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Itpr1 G A 6: 108,450,550 (GRCm39) V1960I probably benign Het
Kcnh4 C T 11: 100,637,758 (GRCm39) G633E probably benign Het
Kprp C T 3: 92,732,718 (GRCm39) V111I probably benign Het
Lamc3 T C 2: 31,830,733 (GRCm39) I1490T probably damaging Het
Lcp1 A T 14: 75,464,441 (GRCm39) D554V possibly damaging Het
Lgi3 A G 14: 70,772,138 (GRCm39) T228A probably benign Het
Lipa A T 19: 34,478,941 (GRCm39) F260I probably damaging Het
Lrriq1 C T 10: 103,051,634 (GRCm39) E373K probably damaging Het
Map6 G A 7: 98,986,043 (GRCm39) G649D probably benign Het
Mccc1 A G 3: 36,044,196 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mical3 A T 6: 120,934,683 (GRCm39) S1799T probably benign Het
Mmp23 T A 4: 155,736,589 (GRCm39) T151S probably damaging Het
Myo1d T A 11: 80,565,534 (GRCm39) N401I probably damaging Het
Myo9b T A 8: 71,774,457 (GRCm39) S323T probably damaging Het
Nbn G T 4: 15,979,353 (GRCm39) W446L probably benign Het
Nedd1 A T 10: 92,552,127 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ngef C A 1: 87,415,684 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Nup153 A T 13: 46,847,412 (GRCm39) N672K probably benign Het
Or10d1b T A 9: 39,613,469 (GRCm39) I199F probably damaging Het
Or2z8 C T 8: 72,812,244 (GRCm39) T240M probably damaging Het
Or4e2 T C 14: 52,687,969 (GRCm39) V33A probably benign Het
Or4f57 T C 2: 111,791,361 (GRCm39) N19S probably benign Het
Pakap T G 4: 57,710,177 (GRCm39) V374G possibly damaging Het
Pdlim3 C A 8: 46,361,497 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Pmfbp1 G A 8: 110,268,305 (GRCm39) E951K probably damaging Het
Pop1 T A 15: 34,516,037 (GRCm39) C548* probably null Het
Ppp1r16a C T 15: 76,574,999 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ptpdc1 A T 13: 48,739,456 (GRCm39) N658K probably benign Het
Ptprk A C 10: 28,082,221 (GRCm39) E63D possibly damaging Het
Rtf1 C T 2: 119,563,358 (GRCm39) R712W probably damaging Het
Samd7 A C 3: 30,805,222 (GRCm39) T2P probably benign Het
Sft2d1 A G 17: 8,538,254 (GRCm39) T52A probably benign Het
Slc25a26 A G 6: 94,487,814 (GRCm39) H91R probably damaging Het
Slc5a4a A G 10: 76,024,986 (GRCm39) E621G possibly damaging Het
Slf1 A T 13: 77,274,751 (GRCm39) L28* probably null Het
Snapc1 C T 12: 74,021,806 (GRCm39) R81C probably damaging Het
Sorcs2 G A 5: 36,554,897 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Tacc2 T C 7: 130,353,555 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Tas2r140 A G 6: 133,032,290 (GRCm39) V156A possibly damaging Het
Terf2ip C A 8: 112,744,796 (GRCm39) T371K possibly damaging Het
Tifa C T 3: 127,590,537 (GRCm39) L103F probably damaging Het
Tmco3 A G 8: 13,342,037 (GRCm39) N104D probably damaging Het
Tmem259 T A 10: 79,814,797 (GRCm39) D240V probably damaging Het
Trim60 C T 8: 65,453,700 (GRCm39) R183H probably benign Het
Trps1 T C 15: 50,528,139 (GRCm39) N725D probably damaging Het
Ttn C T 2: 76,645,150 (GRCm39) V12902M probably damaging Het
Ubxn4 G A 1: 128,190,641 (GRCm39) E256K probably benign Het
Unc79 A G 12: 103,079,150 (GRCm39) K1772E probably damaging Het
Vwde C T 6: 13,193,125 (GRCm39) V405I probably benign Het
Wdr18 T A 10: 79,802,242 (GRCm39) D290E probably damaging Het
Wwc2 G A 8: 48,353,756 (GRCm39) A126V probably benign Het
Zfp882 A T 8: 72,667,367 (GRCm39) I105F possibly damaging Het
Zfp942 A T 17: 22,147,553 (GRCm39) C359S 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
R2483:Dffb UTSW 4 154,049,976 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3622: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'- GCTTTTGGCATTCAGAGCCTTTAACC -3'
(R):5'- AAGTTGCGAGCCCTACATAGCG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AACCAGATCTTCTGGGTTCCTG -3'
(R):5'- TACATAGCGCCTGCAAGTTC -3'
Posted On 2013-05-23