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DEFA5

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.

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Aliases
DEFA5, DEF5, HD-5, defensin alpha 5, alpha defensin 5
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1ZMP, 2LXZ, 2MIT, 3I5W, 4E82, 4E83, 4E86, 4RBW, 4RBX, 5CUM, 5CUJ, 5CUI
Band
8p23.1 · 8 A2|8
Bgee
duodenum · gonad · testicle · appendix · gastric mucosa
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 8 (human) · Chromosome 8 (mouse)

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DEFA5

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples89
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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DEFA5

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Gene ontology · 21
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
Bgee · 19
DEFA5 → appendix, blood, colon, duodenum, embryo, esophagus, gastric mucosa, gonad, ileum, jejunum, liver, lymph node, pancreas, rectum, right lung, stomach, testicle, thymus, transverse colon
RNA expression pattern · 19
DEFA5 → appendix, blood, colon, duodenum, embryo, esophagus, gastric mucosa, gonad, ileum, jejunum, liver, lymph node, pancreas, rectum, right lung, stomach, testicle, thymus, transverse colon
related to Function · 6
DEFA5 → CDT, CDTb, Clostridioides, In, TcdA, TcdB
Band · 2
DEFA5 → 8 A2|8, 8p23.1
Chr. · 2
DEFA5 → Chromosome 8 (human), Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End · 2
DEFA5 → 21,556,012 bp, 7,056,739 bp
Aliases · 1
DEFA5 → DEFA5, DEF5, HD-5, defensin alpha 5, alpha defensin 5
Available structures · 1
DEFA5 → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1ZMP, 2LXZ, 2MIT, 3I5W, 4E82, 4E83, 4E86, 4RBW, 4RBX, 5CUM, 5CUJ, 5CUI
BioGPS · 1
DEFA5 → More reference expression data

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human gene bp chr band chromosome protein defensin cells ileum alpha expressed antimicrobial location function bacterial amp microbiota mouse defense

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DEFA5AliasesDEFA5, DEF5, HD-5, defensin alpha 5, alpha defensin 51.00infobox
DEFA5Available structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1ZMP, 2LXZ, 2MIT, 3I5W, 4E82, 4E83, 4E86, 4RBW, 4RBX, 5CUM, 5CUJ, 5CUI1.00infobox
DEFA5Band8p23.11.00infobox
DEFA5Band8 A2|81.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeduodenum1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeegonad1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeetesticle1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeappendix1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeegastric mucosa1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeright lung1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeetransverse colon1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeelymph node1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeerectum1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeblood1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeileum1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeejejunum1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeembryo1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeecolon1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeepancreas1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeethymus1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeesophagus1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeeliver1.00infobox
DEFA5Bgeestomach1.00infobox
DEFA5BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
DEFA5Chr.Chromosome 8 (human)1.00infobox
DEFA5Chr.Chromosome 8 (mouse)1.00infobox
DEFA5DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
DEFA5End7,056,739 bp1.00infobox
DEFA5End21,556,012 bp1.00infobox
DEFA5EnsemblENSG00000164816 ENSG000002852511.00infobox

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