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Gene

DEFB106B

defensin beta 106B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p23.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 7,482,504–7,486,400 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.9 kb
Protein
65 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000335479.2NM_001040704.2
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 DEFB106B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DEFB106B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where DEFB106B sits. DEFB106B and 42 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 6,984,452 to 7,984,451.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 Mb7.2 Mb7.4 Mb7.6 Mb7.8 MbDEFA1B: 6,996,766–6,999,206, reverse strandDEFA1BDEFA3: 7,015,868–7,018,359, reverse strandDEFA3DEFA5: 7,055,251–7,056,740, reverse strandDEFA5FAM90A15: 7,256,904–7,259,914, forward strandFAM90A15FAM90A3: 7,264,526–7,267,536, forward strandFAM90A3FAM90A13: 7,279,770–7,282,780, forward strandFAM90A5: 7,287,392–7,290,402, forward strandFAM90A20: 7,295,014–7,298,024, forward strandFAM90A20DEFB109B: 7,312,722–7,320,096, forward strandUSP17L1: 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 strandDEFB104BDEFB106B: 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 strandFAM90A7: 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 strandFAM90A14FAM90A18: 7,723,091–7,726,101, forward strandFAM90A18FAM90A16: 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 strandFAM90A10: 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 strandUSP17L3Diagram of DEFB106B: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 2: 7,482,504–7,482,752, 249 basesExon 1: 7,486,334–7,486,400, 67 bases215′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.). DEFB106B gene: defensin beta 106B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb106b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB106B gene: defensin beta 106B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb106b

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