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Gene

DEFB106A

defensin beta 106A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p23.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 7,825,139–7,829,053 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.9 kb
Protein
65 amino acids
Also known as
DEFB-6
Previous symbols
DEFB106
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000335186.3NM_152251.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads DEFB106A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DEFB106A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where DEFB106A sits. DEFB106A and 38 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 7,327,096 to 8,327,095.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 strandFAM90A16FAM90A8: 7,738,387–7,741,396, forward strandFAM90A8FAM90A17: 7,746,034–7,749,044, forward strandFAM90A19: 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 strandDEFB4AZNF705B: 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 DEFB106A: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 8Exon 1: 7,825,139–7,825,225, 87 basesExon 2: 7,828,805–7,829,053, 249 bases125′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 0.3 kb of the gene's 3.9 kb; 198 of those bases code for the protein.

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.). DEFB106A gene: defensin beta 106A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb106a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB106A gene: defensin beta 106A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb106a

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