Protein Name defensin, alpha, 20
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 68009
Gene Symbol

Defa20

UniProt Q45VN2 (DFA20_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 14
Total Number of Articles : 13
Description

defensin, alpha, 20

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable pore-forming activity and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in killing by host of symbiont cells. Acts upstream of or within antibacterial humoral response. Located in extracellular space. Orthologous to human DEFA4 (defensin alpha 4) and DEFA6 (defensin alpha 6). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • alpha-defensin 20
  • cryptdin-4
  • cryptdin4
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Properties