Incidental Mutation 'R7986:Dffb'
ID 651478
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 046027-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R7986 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 4
Chromosomal Location 154048904-154059578 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to A at 154054504 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Serine to Phenylalanine at position 195 (S195F)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000030893 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000030893] [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 damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000030893
AA Change: S195F

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.990 (Sensitivity: 0.72; Specificity: 0.97)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000030893
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029027
AA Change: S195F

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: ENSMUST00000133607
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.1%
Validation Efficiency
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: 50 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Adamts1 G T 16: 85,596,435 (GRCm39) A401D probably damaging Het
Akap10 C T 11: 61,820,890 (GRCm39) G5R probably damaging Het
Arhgap21 A C 2: 20,867,967 (GRCm39) L1023W probably damaging Het
Bpifb4 A G 2: 153,799,650 (GRCm39) N339S probably benign Het
Btbd17 A G 11: 114,683,341 (GRCm39) Y124H probably damaging Het
Cacna1a C G 8: 85,365,408 (GRCm39) R2184G probably benign Het
Cavin1 A G 11: 100,861,102 (GRCm39) I64T probably damaging Het
Cby3 A G 11: 50,250,106 (GRCm39) H9R possibly damaging Het
Ccdc141 A G 2: 76,845,461 (GRCm39) L1202P probably benign Het
Cd109 A G 9: 78,596,048 (GRCm39) I794V possibly damaging Het
Col12a1 C T 9: 79,511,674 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Col6a2 A G 10: 76,450,972 (GRCm39) L23P probably benign Het
Csf1r A G 18: 61,247,904 (GRCm39) H324R probably benign Het
D430041D05Rik A G 2: 104,087,096 (GRCm39) S627P probably damaging Het
Fstl5 T A 3: 76,337,097 (GRCm39) Y219N probably damaging Het
Gm29106 A T 1: 118,128,000 (GRCm39) H564L possibly damaging Het
Gpt2 T A 8: 86,235,839 (GRCm39) C158* probably null Het
Grin1 G T 2: 25,185,841 (GRCm39) A872D probably damaging Het
Hoxa1 T C 6: 52,135,018 (GRCm39) S62G probably benign Het
Krt28 T C 11: 99,257,651 (GRCm39) N397D probably benign Het
Ldlrad4 G T 18: 68,368,740 (GRCm39) A66S possibly damaging Het
Llgl1 G T 11: 60,602,221 (GRCm39) A755S probably benign Het
Lmod2 A G 6: 24,603,448 (GRCm39) E141G possibly damaging Het
Loxhd1 A T 18: 77,462,890 (GRCm39) T910S possibly damaging Het
Masp2 A G 4: 148,687,283 (GRCm39) Y55C probably damaging Het
Nek10 A C 14: 15,001,020 (GRCm38) S1067R probably benign Het
Nemp2 C T 1: 52,669,981 (GRCm39) A22V probably benign Het
Npy2r T A 3: 82,448,803 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nr1h4 A T 10: 89,290,634 (GRCm39) S469T possibly damaging Het
Nr4a3 T C 4: 48,055,954 (GRCm39) Y327H probably damaging Het
Or10ag52 A G 2: 87,043,922 (GRCm39) I229V probably benign Het
Or5an1b C T 19: 12,300,102 (GRCm39) V30I probably benign Het
Pramel26 A T 4: 143,538,590 (GRCm39) L127* probably null Het
Prss1l T C 6: 41,373,058 (GRCm39) I110T probably damaging Het
Ptpdc1 G A 13: 48,746,046 (GRCm39) A118V probably damaging Het
Raph1 T C 1: 60,535,445 (GRCm39) Y73C Het
Rtl1 A G 12: 109,558,492 (GRCm39) S1116P possibly damaging Het
Secisbp2 T C 13: 51,819,395 (GRCm39) I325T probably damaging Het
Setd5 T C 6: 113,105,418 (GRCm39) S817P probably benign Het
Sirt6 A G 10: 81,458,344 (GRCm39) L303P probably benign Het
Slc46a2 G T 4: 59,911,858 (GRCm39) F451L probably benign Het
Sorbs1 T A 19: 40,353,449 (GRCm39) I219F probably damaging Het
Tmem178 A G 17: 81,308,273 (GRCm39) I223V possibly damaging Het
Trps1 T G 15: 50,525,132 (GRCm39) T933P probably damaging Het
Trps1 A G 15: 50,753,019 (GRCm39) F16S probably benign Het
Virma T A 4: 11,540,023 (GRCm39) S1447R probably benign Het
Vmn1r230 T C 17: 21,067,119 (GRCm39) Y103H probably damaging Het
Wdfy4 G A 14: 32,826,072 (GRCm39) P1193L Het
Ybx3 T A 6: 131,356,362 (GRCm39) R170* probably null Het
Zfp423 T C 8: 88,506,978 (GRCm39) D1122G 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
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
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'- ATGGTACGGTACACTGCCAC -3'
(R):5'- TCTCACTGTAGAACTGGGCTGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CCTCTTGGGTCATCGGCTG -3'
(R):5'- TAGAACTGGGCTGGGGCAG -3'
Posted On 2020-09-15