DEFB105A

DEFB105A

DEFB105A

Protein-coding gene in humans

Beta-defensin 105 is a protein that is encoded by the DEFB105A gene in humans.[5][6][7]

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Defensins form a family of microbicidal 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 105, DEFB105A and DEFB105B, in tail-to-tail orientation. This gene, DEFB105A, represents the more centromeric copy.[7]

References

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    GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000186562 – Ensembl, May 2017
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    Schutte BC, Mitros JP, Bartlett JA, Walters JD, Jia HP, Welsh MJ, Casavant TL, McCray PB Jr (Feb 2002). "Discovery of five conserved beta -defensin gene clusters using a computational search strategy". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99 (4): 2129–33. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.2129S. doi:10.1073/pnas.042692699. PMC 122330. PMID 11854508.
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    Semple CA, Rolfe M, Dorin JR (May 2003). "Duplication and selection in the evolution of primate beta-defensin genes". Genome Biol. 4 (5): R31. doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-5-r31. PMC 156587. PMID 12734011.
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    "Entrez Gene: DEFB105A defensin, beta 105A".

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