beta-defensin 118; beta-defensin 18; DEFB-18; epididymal secretory protein 13.6; ESP13.6 (DEFB118, C20orf63, DEFB18, ESC42)

Function

• antibacterial activity (putative)

Structure

belongs to the beta-defensin family

Compartment

secreted

Expression

• specifically expressed in epididymis, may bind to sperm
• also expressed in pancreas

More general terms

• beta defensin

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96PH6.html
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607650
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=117285