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Gene

DEFB105A

defensin beta 105A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p23.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 7,821,004–7,823,880 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 2.9 kb
Protein
78 amino acids
Also known as
DEFB-5
Previous symbols
DEFB105
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000334773.7NM_152250.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads DEFB105A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DEFB105A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where DEFB105A sits. DEFB105A and 38 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 7,322,442 to 8,322,441.Chromosome 88p23.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.37.4 Mb7.6 Mb7.8 Mb8 Mb8.2 MbUSP17L1: 7,332,387–7,333,979, forward strandUSP17L1USP17L4: 7,337,115–7,338,707, forward strandUSP17L4ZNF705G: 7,355,517–7,385,558, reverse strandZNF705GDEFB108C: 7,373,114–7,377,500, forward strandDEFB108CDEFB4B: 7,414,855–7,416,863, reverse strandDEFB4BDEFB103B: 7,428,888–7,430,348, reverse strandSPAG11B: 7,442,684–7,463,674, reverse strandDEFB104B: 7,470,308–7,475,082, reverse strandDEFB106B: 7,482,504–7,486,400, reverse strandDEFB106BDEFB105B: 7,487,679–7,489,593, forward strandDEFB105BDEFB107B: 7,495,911–7,509,311, forward strandDEFB107BPRR23D1: 7,539,627–7,542,450, forward strandPRR23D1FAM90A7: 7,556,700–7,559,712, reverse strandFAM90A7FAM90A22: 7,571,995–7,575,006, reverse strandFAM90A22FAM90A23: 7,579,644–7,582,653, reverse strandFAM90A23FAM90A14: 7,715,443–7,718,453, forward strandFAM90A18: 7,723,091–7,726,101, forward strandFAM90A16: 7,730,739–7,733,749, forward strandFAM90A8: 7,738,387–7,741,396, forward strandFAM90A8FAM90A17: 7,746,034–7,749,044, forward strandFAM90A17FAM90A19: 7,751,570–7,756,692, forward strandFAM90A9: 7,761,330–7,764,340, forward strandFAM90A9FAM90A10: 7,766,902–7,772,547, forward strandPRR23D2: 7,778,591–7,781,413, reverse strandDEFB107A: 7,811,720–7,815,716, reverse strandDEFB107ADEFB105A: 7,821,004–7,823,880, reverse strandDEFB105ADEFB106A: 7,825,139–7,829,053, forward strandDEFB106ADEFB104A: 7,836,436–7,841,242, forward strandDEFB104ASPAG11A: 7,847,876–7,868,867, forward strandDEFB103A: 7,881,392–7,882,663, forward strandDEFB4A: 7,894,676–7,896,716, forward strandZNF705B: 7,926,337–7,952,413, forward strandZNF705BUSP17L8: 7,971,661–7,973,253, reverse strandUSP17L8USP17L3: 7,976,393–7,977,985, reverse strandUSP17L3DEFB109C: 7,990,270–7,997,645, reverse strandDEFB109CFAM90A11: 8,012,342–8,015,352, reverse strandFAM90A11FAM90A24: 8,019,988–8,022,998, reverse strandFAM90A12: 8,027,636–8,030,646, reverse strandPRAG1: 8,317,736–8,387,357, reverse strandPRAG1Diagram of DEFB105A: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 3: 7,821,004–7,822,132, 1,129 basesExon 2: 7,823,382–7,823,423, 42 basesExon 1: 7,823,769–7,823,880, 112 bases3215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 1.3 kb of the gene's 2.9 kb; 237 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). DEFB105A gene: defensin beta 105A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb105a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB105A gene: defensin beta 105A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb105a

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