peptidoglycan recognition protein 1-beta (peptidoglycan recognition protein intermediate beta, PGRP-1-beta, PGLYRP1beta, peptidoglycan recognition protein 4, PGLYRP4, PGRPIB, SBBI67)

Function

• binds specifically to peptidoglycan & Gram-positive bacteria
• role in innate immunity

Structure

• belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 2 family

Compartment

peripheral membrane

Expression

• expressed in esophagus > tonsils, thymus

More general terms

• membrane protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608198
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96LB8.html