DCD (dermcidin)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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117159 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Dermcidin |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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DCD |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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AIDD, DCD-1, DSEP, HCAP, PIF |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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12 |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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12q13.2 |
Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This antimicrobial gene encodes a secreted protein that is subsequently processed into mature peptides of distinct biological activities. The C-terminal peptide is constitutively expressed in sweat and has antibacterial and antifungal activities. The N-te |
miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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Protein | |||||||||||
UniProt ID | P81605 | ||||||||||
Protein name | Dermcidin (EC 3.4.-.-) (Preproteolysin) [Cleaved into: Survival-promoting peptide; DCD-1] | ||||||||||
Protein function | [DCD-1]: Found in sweat, has an antimicrobial activity during early bacterial colonization (PubMed:11694882, PubMed:23426625). The secreted peptide assembles into homohexameric complexes that can associate with and also insert into pathogen memb | ||||||||||
PDB | 2KSG , 2NDK , 2YMK , 6SHK | ||||||||||
Family and domains |
Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Detected in urine (at protein level) (PubMed:25326458, PubMed:36213313, PubMed:37453717). Constitutively expressed in eccrine sweat gland cells (at protein level). Secreted into the sweat at a concentration of 1-10 micrograms/ml. {ECO: | ||||||||||
Sequence |
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Sequence length | 110 | ||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |
Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
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