DEFB135, Official Symbol DEFB135provided by HGNC Official Full Name defensin beta 135provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:32400 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000205883 AllianceGenome:HGNC:32400 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as DEFB136 Summary 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 the genome, with this gene mapping to a cluster at 8p23. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014] Expression Low expression observed in reference dataset See more Orthologs mouse all