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DEFB104A - defensin beta 104A (human)

Gene
Symbol
Dates
  • Create:
    2016-09-14
  • Modify:
    2025-01-18
Description
Defensins form a family of antimicrobial and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils. Defensins are short, processed peptide molecules that are classified by structure into three groups: alpha-defensins, beta-defensins and theta-defensins. All beta-defensin genes are densely clustered in four to five syntenic chromosomal regions. Chromosome 8p23 contains at least two copies of the duplicated beta-defensin cluster. This duplication results in two identical copies of defensin, beta 104, DEFB104A and DEFB104B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB104A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]
Enables chemoattractant activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to phorbol 13-acetate 12-myristate; monocyte chemotaxis; and positive chemotaxis. Predicted to be located in extracellular region.

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

  • BD-4
  • DEFB-4
  • DEFB104
  • DEFB4
  • hBD-4
  • beta-defensin 104
  • defensin, beta 4

1.2 Other Identifiers

1.2.1 HGNC ID

1.2.2 Ensembl ID

1.2.3 Alliance Gene ID

1.2.4 PharmGKB ID

1.2.5 VEuPathDB ID

1.2.6 Wikidata

2 Proteins

2.1 Protein Function

Has antimicrobial activity. Synergistic effects with lysozyme and DEFB103.

2.2 Protein 3D Structures

2.2.1 PDB Structures

2.2.2 NCBI Protein Structures

2.2.3 AlphaFold Structures

Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):583-589. DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2. PMID:34265844; PMCID:PMC8371605

2.3 Protein Targets

3 BioAssays

3.1 RNAi BioAssays

4 Interactions and Pathways

4.1 Chemical-Gene Interactions

4.2 Interactions

5 Expression

6 Literature

6.1 Consolidated References

6.2 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

6.3 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

6.4 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

7 Patents

7.1 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

7.2 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

7.3 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

8 Classification

8.1 Gene Family

8.2 Gene Ontology: Biological Process

8.3 Gene Ontology: Cellular Component

8.4 Gene Ontology: Molecular Function

9 Information Sources

  1. NCBI Gene
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  3. Alliance of Genome Resources
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  4. BioGRID
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  5. STRING: functional protein association networks
  6. Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
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  9. NCBI Structure
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  10. PharmGKB
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  11. RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB)
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  14. Wikidata
  15. Gene Ontology (GO)
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  16. AlphaFold DB
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