INVOLVED IN defense response (inferred); defense response to bacterium (inferred); innate immune response (inferred); ASSOCIATED WITH thoracic aortic aneurysm (ortholog); FOUND IN extracellular region (inferred); INTERACTS WITH bisphenol A; copper atom; copper(0)
Predicted to be involved in defense response to bacterium and innate immune response. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Orthologous to human DEFB135 (defensin beta 135). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in the immunologic response to invading microorganisms. The antimicrobial protein encoded by this gene is secreted and is a member of the beta defensin protein family. Beta defensin genes are found in several clusters throughout th