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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 1677
Gene name DNA fragmentation factor subunit beta
Gene symbol DFFB
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
CADCPANDFF-40DFF2DFF40
Chromosome 1
Chromosome location 1p36.32
Summary 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 uni
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT002560 hsa-miR-124-3p Microarray 15685193
MIRT002560 hsa-miR-124-3p Microarray 18668037
MIRT002560 hsa-miR-124-3p Microarray 15685193
MIRT039441 hsa-miR-421 CLASH 23622248
MIRT709662 hsa-miR-4428 HITS-CLIP 19536157
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000785 Component Chromatin IDA 19882353, 22253444
GO:0003677 Function DNA binding IEA
GO:0004518 Function Nuclease activity IEA
GO:0004520 Function DNA endonuclease activity IEA
GO:0004536 Function DNA nuclease activity IBA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
601883 2773 ENSG00000169598
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O76075
Protein name DNA fragmentation factor subunit beta (EC 3.-.-.-) (Caspase-activated deoxyribonuclease) (CAD) (Caspase-activated DNase) (Caspase-activated nuclease) (CPAN) (DNA fragmentation factor 40 kDa subunit) (DFF-40)
Protein function Nuclease that induces DNA fragmentation and chromatin condensation during apoptosis. Degrades naked DNA and induces apoptotic morphology.
PDB 1IBX
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF02017 CIDE-N 5 → 79 CIDE-N domain Domain
PF09230 DFF40 100 → 323 DNA fragmentation factor 40 kDa Domain
Sequence
Sequence length 338
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Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
KEGG Pathway Reactome Pathway
Apoptosis Apoptosis induced DNA fragmentation