DEFB123, Official Symbol DEFB123provided by HGNC Official Full Name defensin beta 123provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:18103 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000180424 MIM:616076; AllianceGenome:HGNC:18103 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as DEFB23; DEFB-23; ESC42-RELD Summary Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in the host immunologic response to invading microorganisms. This antimicrobial protein 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 20q11.1. Two transcript variants, one protein-coding and the other not, have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014] Expression Restricted expression toward testis (RPKM 33.5) See more Orthologs mouse all