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Members of the defensin family are highly similar in protein sequence. Beta-defensin 2 is an antibiotic peptide which is locally regulated by inflammation. [5] Human beta-defensin 2 is produced by a number of epithelial cells and exhibits potent antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative bacteria and Candida, but not Gram-positive S. aureus ...
In cows, as many as 13 beta-defensins exist in neutrophils. However, in other species, beta-defensins are more often produced by epithelial cells lining various organs (e.g. the epidermis, bronchial tree and genitourinary tract). Human, rabbit and guinea-pig beta-defensins, as well as human beta-defensin-2 (hBD2), induce the activation and ...
[25] [26] Human defensins have been thought to act through a similar mechanism, targeting cell membrane lipids as part of their function. In fact human beta-defensin 2 have now been shown to kill the pathogenic fungi Candida albicans through interactions with specific phospholipids. [27]
RF3 is the class 2 release factor. [6] Eukaryotic and archaeal release factors are named analogously, with the naming changed to "eRF" for "eukaryotic release factor" and vice versa. a/eRF1 can recognize all three stop codons, while eRF3 (archaea use aEF-1α instead) works just like RF3. [6] [7] The bacterial and archaeo-eukaryotic release ...
The human genome contains theta-defensin genes, but they have a premature stop codon, hampering their expression. An artificial human theta-defensin, [40] retrocyclin, was created by 'fixing' the pseudogene, and it was shown to be effective against HIV [41] and other viruses, including herpes simplex virus and influenza A. They act primarily by ...
629114 Ensembl ENSG00000125903 ENSMUSG00000074681 UniProt Q9H1M3 Q30KP0 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_080831 NM_001037933 RefSeq (protein) NP_543021 NP_001033022 Location (UCSC) Chr 20: 0.23 – 0.23 Mb Chr 2: 152.3 – 152.31 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Beta-defensin 129 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB129 gene. Defensins are cysteine -rich cationic ...
n/a Ensembl ENSG00000186579 ENSG00000285617 n/a UniProt Q8N104 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_152251 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_689464 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 8: 7.83 – 7.83 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a Wikidata View/Edit Human Beta-defensin 106 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB106A gene. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils. Defensins are short ...
n/a Ensembl ENSG00000176782 ENSG00000285034 n/a UniProt Q8WTQ1 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_080389 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001035792 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 8: 7.84 – 7.84 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a Wikidata View/Edit Human Beta-defensin 104 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB104A gene. Function Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils ...