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DEFB130A

Beta-defensin 130A

Also known as: D130A_HUMAN, DEFB-30, DEFB130, DEFB30

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P0DP74
Gene
DEFB130A
Ensembl
ENSG00000232948
Chromosome
8
Canonical length
79 aa
Protein class
Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted in male reproductive system

OverviewNCBI Gene

Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in the immunologic response to invading microorganisms. The antimicrobial protein encoded by this gene 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 8p23. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

79 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P0DP74|DEFB130A
     1  MKLHSLISVL LLFVTLIPKG KTGVIPGQKQ CIALKGVCRD KLCSTLDDTI GICNEGKKCC
    61  RRWWILEPYP TPVPKGKSP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against DEFB130A can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.5
Highest tissue expression
2.4 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • epididymis: 2.4 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • adipocytes: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal medulla cells: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 2: 0 nCPM
  • astrocytes: 0 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 1.1 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 1.1 nTPM
  • white matter: 1.1 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1 nTPM
  • pons: 0.8 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.7 nTPM

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
1.89
gnomAD pLI
0.3

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads DEFB130A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against DEFB130A could matter depends on whether native DEFB130A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

DEFB130A is annotated as secreted, so native DEFB130A circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label DEFB130A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/DEFB130A. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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