Incidental Mutation 'R9709:Dffb'
ID 729955
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
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R9709 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 4
Chromosomal Location 154048904-154059578 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 154059121 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Tyrosine to Cysteine at position 52 (Y52C)
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 damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000030893
AA Change: Y52C

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000030893
Gene: ENSMUSG00000029027
AA Change: Y52C

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 damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000133607
AA Change: Y52C

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.5%
  • 20x: 98.3%
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: 100 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1810062G17Rik T C 3: 36,530,356 (GRCm39) S25P unknown Het
4921539E11Rik A G 4: 103,092,678 (GRCm39) I268T unknown Het
4930507D05Rik T A 10: 62,285,581 (GRCm39) C102S unknown Het
Abca14 T A 7: 119,888,739 (GRCm39) Y1228* probably null Het
Abca17 T C 17: 24,517,934 (GRCm39) I792V probably benign Het
Abca6 C A 11: 110,102,589 (GRCm39) L878F probably benign Het
Adk C A 14: 21,126,386 (GRCm39) T4N probably benign Het
Ankrd40cl G A 11: 94,175,560 (GRCm39) S65N probably benign Het
Atg2b A T 12: 105,611,140 (GRCm39) F1264I probably damaging Het
Atl3 T G 19: 7,507,921 (GRCm39) S358A probably benign Het
Atp8a2 T A 14: 60,271,187 (GRCm39) Y248F probably damaging Het
Bcas3 T C 11: 85,474,749 (GRCm39) V785A probably damaging Het
Cckar C T 5: 53,860,201 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Cdc42se2 A G 11: 54,614,417 (GRCm39) F47L probably benign Het
Cfap58 T C 19: 47,963,992 (GRCm39) L540P probably damaging Het
Copg1 A G 6: 87,868,957 (GRCm39) E117G probably benign Het
Cstpp1 T C 2: 91,112,099 (GRCm39) Q250R probably benign Het
Cul2 C T 18: 3,431,560 (GRCm39) T655M probably damaging Het
Ddi2 T C 4: 141,412,429 (GRCm39) Q161R probably benign Het
Dll1 T C 17: 15,591,198 (GRCm39) Q249R probably benign Het
Dnmt3a T A 12: 3,957,701 (GRCm39) I894N probably damaging Het
Fshr G A 17: 89,293,265 (GRCm39) T471I probably damaging Het
Gabpb1 C T 2: 126,500,488 (GRCm39) V4I probably benign Het
Gbp9 T C 5: 105,231,542 (GRCm39) Q348R probably damaging Het
Gm21149 G A 5: 15,677,110 (GRCm39) S248F unknown Het
Gpr152 C A 19: 4,192,640 (GRCm39) H60Q probably benign Het
Hdac9 A G 12: 34,362,602 (GRCm39) S612P probably benign Het
Hhipl2 A G 1: 183,199,747 (GRCm39) D102G possibly damaging Het
Hspa9 A G 18: 35,073,294 (GRCm39) V530A possibly damaging Het
Igfbp7 T C 5: 77,549,384 (GRCm39) N173S unknown Het
Ighv1-75 A G 12: 115,797,791 (GRCm39) S44P possibly damaging Het
Iqgap3 C A 3: 88,016,176 (GRCm39) F986L probably damaging Het
Itgax G T 7: 127,735,500 (GRCm39) G523W probably damaging Het
Itih3 A G 14: 30,637,587 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Kcnb2 T C 1: 15,780,523 (GRCm39) I465T probably benign Het
Kmt2b A G 7: 30,279,228 (GRCm39) V1478A probably damaging Het
Ky A T 9: 102,419,411 (GRCm39) I473F probably damaging Het
Lbr A G 1: 181,666,034 (GRCm39) V25A probably damaging Het
Ldlr A G 9: 21,657,135 (GRCm39) T751A probably benign Het
Lrrtm4 A G 6: 80,786,154 (GRCm39) E587G probably damaging Het
Lvrn A C 18: 47,006,847 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mast2 A T 4: 116,173,044 (GRCm39) C594S probably damaging Het
Mast4 A G 13: 102,910,711 (GRCm39) V644A probably damaging Het
Mcm5 T C 8: 75,842,604 (GRCm39) Y293H probably damaging Het
Mthfd2 A T 6: 83,283,665 (GRCm39) V339E possibly damaging Het
Muc4 A T 16: 32,590,644 (GRCm39) I881F Het
Myo7a A G 7: 97,743,536 (GRCm39) S372P possibly damaging Het
Nbea T A 3: 55,693,879 (GRCm39) K2180* probably null Het
Neb T C 2: 52,101,507 (GRCm39) D4621G probably damaging Het
Nefh C T 11: 4,890,042 (GRCm39) S859N probably benign Het
Nek2 T A 1: 191,563,289 (GRCm39) H384Q possibly damaging Het
Nfkb2 A G 19: 46,298,782 (GRCm39) E645G probably benign Het
Nin G T 12: 70,149,468 (GRCm39) P47Q Het
Nit1 C A 1: 171,171,307 (GRCm39) K178N probably benign Het
Nrap C A 19: 56,317,452 (GRCm39) K1433N probably damaging Het
Nrap T C 19: 56,317,453 (GRCm39) K1433R probably benign Het
Nup85 A G 11: 115,457,463 (GRCm39) Y55C possibly damaging Het
Or2a14 G T 6: 43,130,469 (GRCm39) V77F possibly damaging Het
Pde1b A G 15: 103,411,985 (GRCm39) K29E probably benign Het
Pheta2 G T 15: 82,227,537 (GRCm39) D19Y probably damaging Het
Pheta2 C G 15: 82,227,535 (GRCm39) A18G probably damaging Het
Pik3cg A T 12: 32,226,687 (GRCm39) Y1067N probably benign Het
Pkd1l1 C T 11: 8,799,016 (GRCm39) G2249S probably damaging Het
Plppr4 T A 3: 117,121,976 (GRCm39) T201S possibly damaging Het
Polr1e A G 4: 45,018,678 (GRCm39) T3A probably benign Het
Polr1has A T 17: 37,275,249 (GRCm39) R7S probably benign Het
Pou6f2 G T 13: 18,414,389 (GRCm39) Q129K unknown Het
Ppil4 T A 10: 7,675,341 (GRCm39) D163E probably benign Het
Pradc1 A G 6: 85,424,952 (GRCm39) F82L probably benign Het
Psd3 T C 8: 68,194,414 (GRCm39) K784R probably null Het
Ptgs1 C A 2: 36,141,204 (GRCm39) S550R probably damaging Het
Pxylp1 A G 9: 96,711,030 (GRCm39) L153P probably damaging Het
Rgs10 A C 7: 127,975,729 (GRCm39) F146C probably damaging Het
Rimbp2 G A 5: 128,874,875 (GRCm39) P239S probably damaging Het
Rp1 A G 1: 4,112,255 (GRCm39) Y1199H unknown Het
Rrp12 A T 19: 41,857,231 (GRCm39) M1181K probably benign Het
Rundc3b T C 5: 8,570,982 (GRCm39) N279S probably benign Het
Sbf2 G T 7: 110,027,514 (GRCm39) P494Q probably damaging Het
Scnn1b A G 7: 121,509,693 (GRCm39) T281A probably benign Het
Scube2 A T 7: 109,430,971 (GRCm39) N409K probably damaging Het
Serpina3m A C 12: 104,359,008 (GRCm39) D340A probably damaging Het
Sez6 G A 11: 77,865,121 (GRCm39) E623K possibly damaging Het
Sgpp2 T C 1: 78,367,200 (GRCm39) I111T probably benign Het
Shprh C T 10: 11,038,574 (GRCm39) T443I possibly damaging Het
Sis T A 3: 72,799,074 (GRCm39) Y1726F possibly damaging Het
Slc17a9 T C 2: 180,374,321 (GRCm39) L129P probably damaging Het
Slc1a5 T A 7: 16,527,729 (GRCm39) F342I probably benign Het
Slc4a4 T A 5: 89,188,205 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Slco3a1 T C 7: 73,952,957 (GRCm39) E534G possibly damaging Het
Smok2b A T 17: 13,454,052 (GRCm39) I71F possibly damaging Het
Tmbim7 A T 5: 3,711,809 (GRCm39) H18L probably damaging Het
Tmem151a A T 19: 5,131,876 (GRCm39) Y443* probably null Het
Tnks1bp1 T G 2: 84,902,125 (GRCm39) S1674A probably benign Het
Trappc11 T A 8: 47,946,348 (GRCm39) I1095F probably damaging Het
Trim11 A G 11: 58,872,864 (GRCm39) R183G possibly damaging Het
Trim29 A G 9: 43,231,797 (GRCm39) D348G probably benign Het
Ttc28 A T 5: 111,433,637 (GRCm39) S2224C probably damaging Het
Vps13d C T 4: 144,875,915 (GRCm39) V1537M Het
Zfp1005 T A 2: 150,110,305 (GRCm39) C332S possibly damaging Het
Zfp184 A G 13: 22,143,665 (GRCm39) D457G possibly damaging 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
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
Z1176:Dffb UTSW 4 154,057,300 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TTCAGAGCCTTTAACCAGATCTTC -3'
(R):5'- CTTCCAGGTGGGTCTTGCATTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AGATCTTCTGGGTTCCTGCC -3'
(R):5'- ATTCCGGGCAAGCACTG -3'
Posted On 2022-10-06