beta-defensin 130A (DEFB130A)

Function

• antimicrobial host-defense peptide
• has an anti-plasmodial activity

Structure

• belongs to the beta-defensin family,

Compartment

secreted

Expression

• expressed on differentiated macrophage phagocytizing Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized erythrocytes

More general terms

• beta-defensin 130; defensin beta 30 (DEFB130, DEFB30)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=100133
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=245940
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0DP74.html