Defb8 defensin beta 8 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Defb8provided by MGI
Official Full Name: defensin beta 8provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:2654206
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000031471 AllianceGenome:MGI:2654206
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: BD-8; Defr1
Summary: Predicted to enable CCR6 chemokine receptor binding activity; chemoattractant activity; and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate binding activity. Involved in defense response to Gram-negative bacterium; defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; and innate immune response. Acts upstream of or within defense response to bacterium. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Orthologous to human DEFB4A (defensin beta 4A) and DEFB4B (defensin beta 4B). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
Expression: Restricted expression toward lung adult (RPKM 1.5) See more
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Genomic context

Location:: 8 A1.3; 8 10.35 cM

Exon count:: 2

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	8	NC_000074.7 (19495785..19497622, complement)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	8	NC_000074.6 (19445769..19447606, complement)

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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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Endonuclease-mediated (2)

General gene information

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Markers

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:490534

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:487779

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables CCR6 chemokine receptor binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables CCR6 chemokine receptor binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables chemoattractant activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cell chemotaxis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in defense response to Gram-negative bacterium	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info
involved_in defense response to Gram-positive bacterium	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info
involved_in defense response to bacterium	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to bacterium	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in innate immune response	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in extracellular region	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in extracellular space	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: beta-defensin 8

Names: defensin related 1; defensin-related peptide

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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