Defa21 defensin, alpha, 21 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Defa21provided by MGI
Official Full Name: defensin, alpha, 21provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1913548
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000074447 AllianceGenome:MGI:1913548
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: Defcr21; 2010016B13Rik
Summary: Predicted to enable protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide; defense response to other organism; and disruption of plasma membrane integrity in another organism. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Orthologous to several human genes including DEFA6 (defensin alpha 6). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
Expression: Restricted expression toward large intestine adult (RPKM 2599.3) See more
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Genomic context

Location:: 8 A2; 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 (21515561..21516533)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	8	NC_000074.6 (21025545..21026517)

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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General gene information

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Markers

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

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
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
involved_in defense response to Gram-negative bacterium	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in defense response to Gram-positive bacterium	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in defense response to bacterium	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
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

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

General protein information

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Preferred Names: alpha-defensin 21

Names: defensin-related cryptdin-21

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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