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Gene

DEFB128

defensin beta 128

Summary

Cytogenetic location
20p13
Coordinates
Chromosome 20: 187,853–189,711 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 1.9 kb
Protein
93 amino acids
Also known as
DEFB-28
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000334391.5NM_001037732.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads DEFB128 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DEFB128 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 20, with a bracket where DEFB128 sits. DEFB128 and 17 genes near it on chromosome 20, from 1 to 688,781.Chromosome 2020p13p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.330.1 Mb0.2 Mb0.3 Mb0.4 Mb0.5 Mb0.6 MbDEFB125: 87,250–97,094, forward strandDEFB125DEFB126: 142,590–145,751, forward strandDEFB126DEFB127: 157,454–159,163, forward strandDEFB127DEFB128: 187,853–189,711, reverse strandDEFB128DEFB129: 227,258–229,886, forward strandDEFB129DEFB132: 257,717–261,096, forward strandDEFB132C20orf96: 270,863–290,778, reverse strandC20orf96ZCCHC3: 297,570–300,321, forward strandZCCHC3SOX12: 325,552–330,224, forward strandSOX12NRSN2: 346,695–359,706, forward strandNRSN2TRIB3: 362,835–398,964, forward strandTRIB3RBCK1: 407,393–432,139, forward strandRBCK1TBC1D20: 423,596–462,566, reverse strandTBC1D20CSNK2A1: 472,498–543,835, reverse strandCSNK2A1TCF15: 603,801–610,316, reverse strandTCF15SRXN1: 646,614–653,404, reverse strandSRXN1: 646,626–675,800, reverse strandSCRT2: 661,596–675,802, reverse strandSCRT2Diagram of DEFB128: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 20Exon 2: 187,853–188,118, 266 basesExon 1: 189,575–189,711, 137 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 1.9 kb; 282 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.). DEFB128 gene: defensin beta 128. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb128

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB128 gene: defensin beta 128 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb128

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