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Defensin, alpha 5 (DEFA5) also known as human alpha defensin 5 (HD5) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFA5 gene. DEFA5 is expressed in the Paneth cells of the ileum.
The analysis highlights Function, Structure and Gene and tissue distribution as prominent areas in the source structure around DEFA5.
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The extracted context around DEFA5 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DEFA5 → antibacterial humoral response, antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide, antimicrobial humoral response, cellular response to lipopolysaccharide, cytoplasmic vesicle, defense response, defense response to bacterium, defense response to fungus, defense response to Gram-negative bacterium, defense response to Gram-positive bacterium, extracellular region, extracellular space, Golgi lumen, innate immune response, innate immune response in mucosa, killing of cells of other organism, membrane disruption in other organism, positive regulation of membrane permeability, protein homodimerization activity, secretory granule lumen Another extracted example is DEFA5 → appendix, blood, colon, duodenum, embryo, esophagus, gastric mucosa, gonad, ileum, jejunum, liver, lymph node, pancreas, rectum, right lung, stomach, testicle, thymus, transverse colon. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 89 structured relationships around DEFA5. Examples in this analysis include DEFA5 → Aliases → DEFA5, DEF5, HD-5, defensin alpha 5, alpha defensin 5 and DEFA5 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1ZMP, 2LXZ, 2MIT, 3I5W, 4E82, 4E83, 4E86, 4RBW, 4RBX, 5CUM, 5CUJ, 5CUI. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEFA5 | Aliases | DEFA5, DEF5, HD-5, defensin alpha 5, alpha defensin 5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Available structures | Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1ZMP, 2LXZ, 2MIT, 3I5W, 4E82, 4E83, 4E86, 4RBW, 4RBX, 5CUM, 5CUJ, 5CUI | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Band | 8p23.1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Band | 8 A2|8 | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | duodenum | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | gonad | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | testicle | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | appendix | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | gastric mucosa | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | right lung | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | transverse colon | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | lymph node | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | rectum | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | blood | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | ileum | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | jejunum | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | embryo | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | colon | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | pancreas | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | thymus | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | esophagus | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | liver | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Bgee | stomach | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | BioGPS | More reference expression data | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Chr. | Chromosome 8 (human) | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Chr. | Chromosome 8 (mouse) | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Databases | NCBI: entry; OMA: entry | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | End | 7,056,739 bp | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | End | 21,556,012 bp | 1.00 | infobox |
| DEFA5 | Ensembl | ENSG00000164816 ENSG00000285251 | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around DEFA5 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cells, Gene and Human. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For DEFA5, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DEFA5 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around DEFA5 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Function, Structure & Gene and tissue distribution, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — DEFA5 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout