Defa2 defensin, alpha, 2 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Defa2provided by MGI
Official Full Name: defensin, alpha, 2provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:94882
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000096295 AllianceGenome:MGI:94882
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: CR2; Defcr2; Defcr-2
Summary: Predicted to enable pore-forming activity and protein homodimerization activity. Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium and response to xenobiotic stimulus. Located in extracellular space. Orthologous to several human genes including DEFA1 (defensin alpha 1); DEFA1B (defensin alpha 1B); and DEFA5 (defensin alpha 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
Expression: Restricted expression toward large intestine adult (RPKM 3958.8) See more
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Genomic context

Location:: 8 A2; 8

Exon count:: 2

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	8	NC_000074.7 (21868533..21869511)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	8	NC_000074.6 (21378517..21379495)

Chromosome 8 - NC_000074.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
BioProject: PRJNA66167
Publication: PMID 25409824
Analysis date: n/a

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Ulinastatin protected the intestines from heat stress-induced injury and downregulated the expression of Cry-2, which was also correlated with the extent of intestinal injury. Therefore, ulinastatin administration may be beneficial for patients with heatstroke, and Cry-2 may be a novel predictor of heat stress-induced intestinal injury.
Title: Cryptdin-2 predicts intestinal injury during heatstroke in mice.

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General gene information

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Markers

Defcr17 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:186513

Defcr3 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:186514

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables pore-forming activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables protein homodimerization activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in antibacterial humoral response	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within cellular response to lipopolysaccharide	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in defense response to Gram-negative bacterium	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to Gram-negative bacterium	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in defense response to Gram-positive bacterium	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to Gram-positive bacterium	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to bacterium	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in disruption of plasma membrane integrity in another organism	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in innate immune response in mucosa	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within response to xenobiotic stimulus	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in extracellular space	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in extracellular space	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in midbody	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in secretory granule	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: alpha-defensin 2

Names: alpha-defensin, 2; cryptdin-1; defensin-related cryptdin-2

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.