Defa8 (defensin alpha 8) - Rat Genome Database

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Gene: Defa8 (defensin alpha 8) Rattus norvegicus
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No known orthologs.
Symbol: Defa8
Name: defensin alpha 8
RGD ID: 1566065
Description: 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).
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: VALIDATED
Previously known as: alpha-defensin 8
RGD Orthologs
Alliance Genes
More Info homologs ...
Latest Assembly: mRatBN7.2 - mRatBN7.2 Assembly
Position:
Rat AssemblyChrPosition (strand)SourceGenome Browsers
JBrowseNCBIUCSCEnsembl
GRCr81677,135,579 - 77,136,612 (+)NCBIGRCr8
mRatBN7.21670,433,121 - 70,434,154 (+)NCBImRatBN7.2mRatBN7.2
mRatBN7.2 Ensembl1670,433,166 - 70,434,059 (+)EnsemblmRatBN7.2 Ensembl
UTH_Rnor_SHR_Utx1675,706,863 - 75,707,756 (+)NCBIRnor_SHRUTH_Rnor_SHR_Utx
UTH_Rnor_SHRSP_BbbUtx_1.01679,160,328 - 79,161,221 (+)NCBIRnor_SHRSPUTH_Rnor_SHRSP_BbbUtx_1.0
UTH_Rnor_WKY_Bbb_1.01674,409,736 - 74,410,629 (+)NCBIRnor_WKYUTH_Rnor_WKY_Bbb_1.0
Rnor_6.01675,428,675 - 75,429,568 (+)NCBIRnor6.0Rnor_6.0rn6Rnor6.0
Rnor_6.0 Ensembl1675,428,675 - 75,429,568 (+)EnsemblRnor6.0rn6Rnor6.0
Rnor_5.01675,043,248 - 75,044,141 (+)NCBIRnor5.0Rnor_5.0rn5Rnor5.0
RGSC_v3.41675,116,872 - 75,117,765 (+)NCBIRGSC3.4RGSC_v3.4rn4RGSC3.4
Celera1668,305,643 - 68,306,536 (+)NCBICelera
Cytogenetic Map16q12.5NCBI
JBrowse: View Region in Genome Browser (JBrowse)
Model


References

References - curated
# Reference Title Reference Citation
1. Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Gaudet P, etal., Brief Bioinform. 2011 Sep;12(5):449-62. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbr042. Epub 2011 Aug 27.
2. GOA pipeline RGD automated data pipeline
3. Data Import for Chemical-Gene Interactions RGD automated import pipeline for gene-chemical interactions

Genomics

Variants

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Variants in Defa8
9 total Variants
miRNA Target Status

Predicted Target Of
Summary Value
Count of predictions:13
Count of miRNA genes:13
Interacting mature miRNAs:13
Transcripts:ENSRNOT00000045057
Prediction methods:Miranda, Rnahybrid
Result types:miRGate_prediction

The detailed report is available here: Full Report CSV TAB Printer

miRNA Target Status data imported from miRGate (http://mirgate.bioinfo.cnio.es/).
For more information about miRGate, see PMID:25858286 or access the full paper here.


QTLs in Region (mRatBN7.2)
The following QTLs overlap with this region.    Full Report CSV TAB Printer Gviewer
RGD IDSymbolNameLODP ValueTraitSub TraitChrStartStopSpecies
1600378Arunc4Aerobic running capacity QTL 40.03exercise endurance trait (VT:0002332)maximum distance run on treadmill (CMO:0001406)1638024580345693Rat
70205Gcr3Gastric cancer resistance QTL 32.3stomach morphology trait (VT:0000470)stomach tumor depth of invasion (CMO:0001888)161769679182635055Rat
70205Gcr3Gastric cancer resistance QTL 32.3stomach morphology trait (VT:0000470)stomach tumor depth of invasion (CMO:0001888)161769679182635055Rat
70205Gcr3Gastric cancer resistance QTL 32.3stomach morphology trait (VT:0000470)stomach tumor diameter (CMO:0001889)161769679182635055Rat
70205Gcr3Gastric cancer resistance QTL 32.3stomach morphology trait (VT:0000470)stomach tumor diameter (CMO:0001889)161769679182635055Rat
70215Niddm29Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus QTL 293.54blood glucose amount (VT:0000188)blood glucose level area under curve (AUC) (CMO:0000350)161900443575226532Rat
1578768Stresp22Stress response QTL 222.8thymus mass (VT:0004954)thymus wet weight (CMO:0000855)163528887080288870Rat
2293690Bss45Bone structure and strength QTL 455.130.0001lumbar vertebra morphology trait (VT:0010494)lumbar vertebra cortical cross-sectional area (CMO:0001690)163775215682752156Rat
2300163Bmd64Bone mineral density QTL 645.30.0001lumbar vertebra mineral mass (VT:0010511)volumetric bone mineral density (CMO:0001553)163775215682752156Rat
7205510Activ5Activity QTL 53.780.00028locomotor behavior trait (VT:0001392)number of entries into a discrete space in an experimental apparatus (CMO:0000960)164239634584729064Rat
8694429Bw164Body weight QTL 16450.001body lean mass (VT:0010483)lean tissue morphological measurement (CMO:0002184)165272646484729064Rat
8694364Abfw7Abdominal fat weight QTL 712.220.001visceral adipose mass (VT:0010063)abdominal fat pad weight to body weight ratio (CMO:0000095)165272646484729064Rat
7411648Foco22Food consumption QTL 22150.001eating behavior trait (VT:0001431)feed conversion ratio (CMO:0001312)165272646484729064Rat
631525Pia14Pristane induced arthritis QTL 144.4joint integrity trait (VT:0010548)joint inflammation composite score (CMO:0000919)165571108783402471Rat
1298527Arunc2Aerobic running capacity QTL 22.9exercise endurance trait (VT:0002332)maximum distance run on treadmill (CMO:0001406)166853271675029966Rat


Expression


RNA-SEQ Expression
High: > 1000 TPM value   Medium: Between 11 and 1000 TPM
Low: Between 0.5 and 10 TPM   Below Cutoff: < 0.5 TPM

alimentary part of gastrointestinal system endocrine system exocrine system hemolymphoid system hepatobiliary system renal system reproductive system
High 1
Medium 1
Low 1 1 1 6
Below cutoff 4 1 3 1 2 12

Sequence


RefSeq Acc Id: ENSRNOT00000045057   ⟹   ENSRNOP00000044476
Type: CODING
Position:
Rat AssemblyChrPosition (strand)Source
mRatBN7.2 Ensembl1670,433,166 - 70,434,059 (+)Ensembl
Rnor_6.0 Ensembl1675,428,675 - 75,429,568 (+)Ensembl
RefSeq Acc Id: NM_001033077   ⟹   NP_001028249
RefSeq Status: VALIDATED
Type: CODING
Position:
Rat AssemblyChrPosition (strand)Source
GRCr81677,135,579 - 77,136,612 (+)NCBI
mRatBN7.21670,433,121 - 70,434,154 (+)NCBI
Rnor_6.01675,428,675 - 75,429,568 (+)NCBI
Rnor_5.01675,043,248 - 75,044,141 (+)NCBI
RGSC_v3.41675,116,872 - 75,117,765 (+)RGD
Celera1668,305,643 - 68,306,536 (+)RGD
Sequence:
Protein Sequences
Protein RefSeqs NP_001028249 (Get FASTA)   NCBI Sequence Viewer  
GenBank Protein AAT68751 (Get FASTA)   NCBI Sequence Viewer  
  AAT68759 (Get FASTA)   NCBI Sequence Viewer  
Ensembl Protein ENSRNOP00000044476
  ENSRNOP00000044476.2
RefSeq Acc Id: NP_001028249   ⟸   NM_001033077
- Peptide Label: precursor
- UniProtKB: Q4JEI6 (UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
- Sequence:
RefSeq Acc Id: ENSRNOP00000044476   ⟸   ENSRNOT00000045057
Protein Domains
Alpha-defensin N-terminal

Protein Structures
Name Modeler Protein Id AA Range Protein Structure
AF-Q4JEI6-F1-model_v2 AlphaFold Q4JEI6 1-103 view protein structure

Transcriptome

eQTL   View at Phenogen
WGCNA   View at Phenogen
Tissue/Strain Expression   View at Phenogen

Promoters
RGD ID:13700206
Promoter ID:EPDNEW_R10730
Type:single initiation site
Name:Defa8_1
Description:defensin alpha 8
SO ACC ID:SO:0000170
Source:EPDNEW (Eukaryotic Promoter Database, http://epd.vital-it.ch/)
Experiment Methods:Single-end sequencing.
Position:
Rat AssemblyChrPosition (strand)Source
Rnor_6.01675,428,605 - 75,428,665EPDNEW

Additional Information

Database Acc Id Source(s)
AGR Gene RGD:1566065 AgrOrtholog
BioCyc Gene G2FUF-10831 BioCyc
Ensembl Genes ENSRNOG00000046075 Ensembl
  ENSRNOG00000062395 Ensembl, ENTREZGENE, UniProtKB/TrEMBL
Ensembl Transcript ENSRNOT00000045057 ENTREZGENE
  ENSRNOT00000045057.3 UniProtKB/TrEMBL
InterPro Alpha-defensin UniProtKB/TrEMBL
  Defensin_propep UniProtKB/TrEMBL
  Defensin_RK-1 UniProtKB/TrEMBL
KEGG Report rno:613224 UniProtKB/TrEMBL
NCBI Gene 613224 ENTREZGENE
PANTHER ALPHA-DEFENSIN 1-RELATED UniProtKB/TrEMBL
  PTHR11876 UniProtKB/TrEMBL
Pfam Defensin_propep UniProtKB/TrEMBL
  Defensin_RK-1 UniProtKB/TrEMBL
PhenoGen Defa8 PhenoGen
PIRSF Alpha-defensin UniProtKB/TrEMBL
RatGTEx ENSRNOG00000046075 RatGTEx
  ENSRNOG00000062395 RatGTEx
SMART Defensin_propep UniProtKB/TrEMBL
UniProt Q4JEI6 ENTREZGENE, UniProtKB/TrEMBL


Nomenclature History
Date Current Symbol Current Name Previous Symbol Previous Name Description Reference Status
2006-02-09 Defa8  defensin alpha 8      Symbol and Name status set to provisional 70820 PROVISIONAL