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Gene

DEFB119

defensin beta 119

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20q11.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 31,377,164–31,390,590 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 13.4 kb
Protein
84 amino acids
Also known as
DEFB-19, DEFB-20
Previous symbols
DEFB120
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000376321.4NM_153289.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How DEFB119 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where DEFB119 sits. DEFB119 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 30,883,877 to 31,883,876.Chromosome 2020q11.21p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3331 Mb31.2 Mb31.4 Mb31.6 Mb31.8 MbDEFB115: 31,257,664–31,259,632, forward strandDEFB115DEFB116: 31,303,212–31,308,585, reverse strandDEFB116DEFB118: 31,368,601–31,373,923, forward strandDEFB118DEFB119: 31,377,164–31,390,590, reverse strandDEFB119DEFB121: 31,404,845–31,412,838, reverse strandDEFB121DEFB123: 31,440,494–31,450,264, forward strandDEFB123DEFB124: 31,465,471–31,476,760, reverse strandDEFB124REM1: 31,474,979–31,484,917, forward strandREM1HM13: 31,514,370–31,577,923, forward strandHM13MCTS2: 31,547,363–31,572,771, forward strandMCTS2ID1: 31,573,010–31,606,730, forward strandID1COX4I2: 31,637,581–31,645,027, forward strandCOX4I2BCL2L1: 31,664,452–31,723,989, reverse strandBCL2L1TPX2: 31,739,248–31,801,805, forward strandTPX2MYLK2: 31,819,287–31,834,689, forward strandMYLK2FOXS1: 31,844,303–31,845,604, reverse strandFOXS1DUSP15: 31,847,637–31,870,699, reverse strandDUSP15TTLL9: 31,870,634–31,945,000, forward strandTTLL9Diagram of DEFB119: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 2: 31,377,164–31,377,439, 276 basesExon 1: 31,390,423–31,390,590, 168 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 0.4 kb of the gene's 13.4 kb; 255 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.). DEFB119 gene: defensin beta 119. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb119

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB119 gene: defensin beta 119 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb119

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