DEFB119

This gene encodes a member of the beta subfamily of defensins. Beta-defensins are antimicrobial peptides that protect tissues and organs from infection by a variety of microorganisms. This gene is found in a cluster with other beta-defensin genes on the long arm of chromosome 20. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014]

Description

Defensin beta 119

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (epididymis)

Predicted location

Secreted in male reproductive system

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted secreted proteins
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

20 (31377164 - 31390590)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000180483  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

-

UniProt

Q8N690

neXtProt

NX_Q8N690

Human splice variants

Protein structure