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Facts about Beta-defensin 118.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | DEFB118 |
Uniprot: | Q96PH6 |
Entrez: | 117285 |
Belongs to: |
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beta-defensin family |
Beta-defensin 118
Mass (kDA):
13.614 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 20q11.21 |
Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (31368601..31373923) |
High-level and epididymis-specific expression. Most abundant in the epithelium of the caput and is also present in the lumen and bound to sperm. Expressed also in pancreas.
Secreted.
PMID: 11564719 by Liu Q., et al. Primate epididymis-specific proteins: characterization of ESC42, a novel protein containing a trefoil-like motif in monkey and human.
PMID: 12600824 by Kao C.Y., et al. ORFeome-based search of airway epithelial cell-specific novel human beta-defensin genes.