Defb3 defensin beta 3 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Defb3provided by MGI
Official Full Name: defensin beta 3provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1351612
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000039775 AllianceGenome:MGI:1351612
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: BD-3
Summary: Predicted to enable CCR6 chemokine receptor binding activity and chemoattractant activity. Acts upstream of or within defense response to bacterium. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in skin. Orthologous to human DEFB4B (defensin beta 4B). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Expression: Low expression observed in reference dataset See more
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Genomic context

Location:: 8 A1.3; 8 10.35 cM

Exon count:: 2

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	8	NC_000074.7 (19343377..19345355)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	8	NC_000074.6 (19293361..19295339)

Chromosome 8 - NC_000074.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
BioProject: PRJNA66167
Publication: PMID 25409824
Analysis date: n/a

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Alterations in fecal beta-defensin-3 secretion as a marker of instability of the gut microbiota.
Title: Alterations in fecal β-defensin-3 secretion as a marker of instability of the gut microbiota.
mBD3 Is a novel inhibitor of both endogenous and exogenous potassium channels
Title: Mouse β-Defensin 3, A Defensin Inhibitor of Both Its Endogenous and Exogenous Potassium Channels.
Thus, oral epithelial cells dominantly control IL-17R-dependent responses to oropharyngeal candidiasis through regulation of BD3 expression.
Title: IL-17 Receptor Signaling in Oral Epithelial Cells Is Critical for Protection against Oropharyngeal Candidiasis.
C/EBPbeta contributes to immunity to mucosal candidiasis during cortisone immunosuppression in a manner linked to beta-defensin 3 expression, but is apparently dispensable for the IL-17-dependent response.
Title: C/EBPβ Promotes Immunity to Oral Candidiasis through Regulation of β-Defensins.
Stress decreases mouse beta-defensin-3 expression in the esophagus of mice with diabetes.
Title: Effects of stress on mouse β-defensin-3 expression in the upper digestive mucosa.
visfatin enhances CAMP, hBD-2, hBD-3, and S100A7 production in human keratinocytes and their orthologs in murine imiquimod-treated psoriatic skin.
Title: Visfatin enhances the production of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide, human β-defensin-2, human β-defensin-3, and S100A7 in human keratinocytes and their orthologs in murine imiquimod-induced psoriatic skin.
this investigation revealed an indispensable role for BD3, BD4, and CRAMP in defense against F. solani-induced keratitis
Title: Protective role of murine β-defensins 3 and 4 and cathelin-related antimicrobial peptide in Fusarium solani keratitis.
SP-A protects lung epithelium from tissue injury caused by BD3
Title: Pulmonary surfactant protein A protects lung epithelium from cytotoxicity of human β-defensin 3.
Mouse beta-defensin 3 was strongly up-regulated in colonic epithelium of 15 (but not 5) week-old IL-2(-/-) mice and in dextran-sulfate-induced chronic (but not acute) colitis, but not in IL-2(+/-) 15-week-old mice.
Title: Chronic colitis induces expression of β-defensins in murine intestinal epithelial cells.
Epithelial and mucosal tissues expressed bd3 and recombinant bd3 exhibits antifungal activity.
Title: Antifungal activity of recombinant mouse beta-defensin 3.

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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Targeted (2) 1 citation
Endonuclease-mediated (2)

General gene information

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Markers

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:490534

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:487779

Defb3 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:186511

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables CCR6 chemokine receptor binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables CCR6 chemokine receptor binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables chemoattractant activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cell chemotaxis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in defense response	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in defense response to bacterium	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to bacterium	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in extracellular region	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in extracellular space	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: beta-defensin 3

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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