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Gene

DEFB108B

defensin beta 108B

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q13.4
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 71,833,200–71,837,710 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 4.5 kb
Protein
73 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000328698.2NM_001002035.2
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 DEFB108B yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DEFB108B is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where DEFB108B sits. DEFB108B and 24 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 71,335,455 to 72,335,454.Chromosome 1111q13.4p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2571.4 Mb71.6 Mb71.8 Mb72 Mb72.2 MbDHCR7: 71,428,193–71,452,868, reverse strandDHCR7NADSYN1: 71,453,109–71,524,107, forward strandKRTAP5-7: 71,527,267–71,528,669, forward strandKRTAP5-8: 71,538,025–71,539,209, forward strandKRTAP5-8KRTAP5-9: 71,548,420–71,549,608, forward strandKRTAP5-9KRTAP5-10: 71,565,563–71,566,735, forward strandKRTAP5-10KRTAP5-11: 71,581,855–71,603,353, reverse strandKRTAP5-11XNDC1N-ZNF705EP-ALG1L9P: 71,804,997–71,928,656, reverse strandXNDC1N-ZNF705EP-ALG1L9PDEFB108B: 71,833,200–71,837,710, forward strandDEFB108BXNDC1N: 71,865,504–71,928,917, reverse strandXNDC1NDEFB131B: 71,878,453–71,884,561, forward strandDEFB131BRNF121: 71,929,005–71,997,597, forward strandRNF121IL18BP: 71,998,613–72,007,315, forward strandIL18BPNUMA1: 72,002,860–72,080,693, reverse strandNUMA1LRRC51: 72,080,286–72,096,895, forward strandLRRC51LRTOMT: 72,080,331–72,110,782, forward strandLRTOMTLAMTOR1: 72,085,520–72,103,393, reverse strandLAMTOR1TOMT: 72,103,506–72,111,546, forward strandANAPC15: 72,106,370–72,113,688, reverse strandFOLR3: 72,114,869–72,141,085, forward strandFOLR1: 72,189,529–72,199,329, forward strandFOLR1FOLR2: 72,216,601–72,221,957, forward strandFOLR2INPPL1: 72,223,524–72,239,184, forward strandINPPL1PHOX2A: 72,239,077–72,245,664, reverse strandPHOX2ACLPB: 72,285,495–72,434,680, reverse strandCLPBDiagram of DEFB108B: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 71,833,200–71,833,257, 58 basesExon 2: 71,837,399–71,837,710, 312 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 0.4 kb of the gene's 4.5 kb; 222 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.). DEFB108B gene: defensin beta 108B. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb108b

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB108B gene: defensin beta 108B [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb108b

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