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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 245936
Gene name Defensin beta 123
Gene symbol DEFB123
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
DEFB-23DEFB23ESC42-RELD
Chromosome 20
Chromosome location 20q11.21
Summary Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in the host immunologic response to invading microorganisms. This antimicrobial protein is secreted and is a member of the beta defensin protein family. Beta defensin genes are found in
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT017450 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT931937 hsa-miR-135a CLIP-seq
MIRT931938 hsa-miR-135b CLIP-seq
MIRT931939 hsa-miR-3155 CLIP-seq
MIRT931940 hsa-miR-3155b CLIP-seq
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:0005576 Component Extracellular region IEA
GO:0006952 Process Defense response IEA
GO:0042742 Process Defense response to bacterium IEA
GO:0045087 Process Innate immune response IEA
GO:0050829 Process Defense response to Gram-negative bacterium IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
616076 18103 ENSG00000180424
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q8N688
Protein name Beta-defensin 123 (Beta-defensin 23) (DEFB-23) (Defensin, beta 123)
Protein function Has antibacterial activity.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF13841 Defensin_beta_2 24 → 53 Beta defensin Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Abundant expression in the male reproductive tract only. Abundant expressed in testis and the caput region of epididymis, but low in the corpus region. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15772680}.
Sequence
MKLLLLTLTVLLLLSQLTPGGTQRCWNLYGKCRYRCSKKERVYVYCINNKMCCVKPKYQP
KERWWPF
Sequence length 67
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Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
Reactome Pathway
Beta defensins
Defensins